† spranklen.
Obsolete. rare.
A spark or sparkle.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light
sprankle1398
sparkle1490
spunkc1540
sparka1542
scintil1599
glitter1602
star1609
stricture1628
spinther1641
scintillation1646
fanglea1657
scintilla1661
sparkleta1687
twinkle1689
spangle1821
spink1829
crown jewel1851
twink1870
peep1882
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xv. cxviii Fuyre come downe fro heuen and brend þe countrey to asschen,..and som liknes þerof is ȝitte iseen, in sprankles & iselen on treen.
c1475 Partenay 4016 With teres makyng sprancles manyon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† spranklev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To throw out sparks; to sparkle.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter
twinklec888
shimc950
blika1000
glisec1000
glistenc1000
glista1225
glore13..
sparkc1300
glisterc1380
sparklec1386
spranklea1387
glittera1400
sprinklea1400
blikenc1400
glaster1447
springlec1460
sprangle1495
brandish1552
pink1589
scintillate1623
simper1633
twink1637
spangle1639
scintill1681
scintillize1694
prinkle1724
skinkle1765
winkle1791
coruscate1807
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 237 For the workes of mankynde defouled þe ayer so hiȝe,..by worschippynge of fuyre þat smokede and spranclede vp so hiȝe.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) viii. xxix In nyȝte rowynge, yf þe mone lyȝte sprankeleþ on þe oris, þan tempeste schal come in schorte tyme.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. xxix Crisolitus is a litel stone of Ethiopia schynynge as golde, and sprankelynge as fire.
2. To crackle.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle
brastlec1000
rashetOE
spranklea1387
sprinklea1398
graislea1522
crash1563
crackle?1570
crick-crackle1608
decrepitate1677
crump1789
happer1825
crumple1837
crickle1849
crick-crack1850
crepitate1853
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 319 Salt Agrigentinus..melteþ in fuyre, and lepeþ and sprankeleþ [v.r. sprancleth] in water.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xxxi Þe gode [reed] sprankeleþ in þe mouþe and [is] ful swete.
Derivatives
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering
glistening1398
sprankling1398
twinkling1398
sprinklinga1400
sparklingc1440
glisteringc1450
glister1535
glittering1567
spangling1576
scintillation1585
sparkle1589
glitter1602
sparking1611
coruscancy1630
emication1646
eruscationa1652
sparklingnessa1691
glitterance1801
glisten1840
spangle1853
sparkliness-
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) viii. xxxiii By chaungynge of coloure and sprankelynge of bemis.
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