† sprittlen.

Forms:

α. early Middle English spritlen (plural), early Middle English sprutelen (plural), Middle English spritell, Middle English spritil.

β. Middle English speretel, 1500s spertell.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprit v.¹, -le suffix.

Etymology: < sprit v.¹ + -le suffix. Compare (ultimately from the Germanic base of sprout v.¹, sprit v.¹, and sprote n.¹) Old English sprytlan (plural) chips or slivers of wood, Old High German spruzzil bar (Middle High German sprüzzel rung of a ladder, German regional Sprüssel young shoot, rung of a ladder).The β. forms show metathesis (compare spirt v.²).

Obsolete.

A young shoot or twig.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > young branch, twig, or shoot

sprittle?c1225

leader1572

arrow1574

graft1576

thief1669

leading shoot1712

coppice shoot1851

Lammas shoot1929

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Druȝe spritlen [a1300 Caius sprutelen] beoreð win berien.

?c1450 in Anglia (1896) 18 306 Take to handfull of ȝonge elerne-spritell And schrape of þe ouerest bark with a qwetyll.

1594 P. Henslowe Diary (1961) 236 Itm pd for smalle spertelles grene…xx d.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† sprittlev.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare -le suffix 3.

Obsolete (English regional (northern and east midlands) in later use).

transitive. To scrape or prise (something) up or out with a fork, hoe, or other implement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up

delvec1000

upgravea1340

undelve1340

grubc1374

to dig upc1400

to dig outa1425

unearthc1450

sprittle1585

effode1657

to cast up1660

exhume1783

moot1823

excavate1848

lift1883

spud1886

pig-root1890

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig up (object)

upgravea1340

digc1350

to dig upc1400

to dig outa1425

unearthc1450

holk1554

moil1581

sprittle1585

effodicate1599

moot1610

effode1657

to cast up1660

to rough out1834

exter1835

excavate1848

crow1853

stub1927

1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. 254 Then with a brasse or yron pipe..thrust into the bottome of it [sc. a wart], [they] do sprittle it vp by the roots.

1880 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 16 581 I found an old man and a woman respectively engaged in ‘sprittling’ out with a fork the few pieces of grassy twitch sod.

1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 693/1 [South Nottinghamshire] Yer mun sprittle the loose lime off o' the ceiling. Just sprittle them weeds up on the pad; don't dig 'em up.

1904 W. W. Skeat in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 693/1 Sprittle,..[Lincolnshire] to hoe up all the weeds and to take away unnecessary sprouts from a garden bed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).

单词	sprittle
释义	† sprittlen. Forms: α. early Middle English spritlen (plural), early Middle English sprutelen (plural), Middle English spritell, Middle English spritil. β. Middle English speretel, 1500s spertell. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sprit v.¹, -le suffix. Etymology: < sprit v.¹ + -le suffix. Compare (ultimately from the Germanic base of sprout v.¹, sprit v.¹, and sprote n.¹) Old English sprytlan (plural) chips or slivers of wood, Old High German spruzzil bar (Middle High German sprüzzel rung of a ladder, German regional Sprüssel young shoot, rung of a ladder).The β. forms show metathesis (compare spirt v.²). Obsolete. A young shoot or twig. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > young branch, twig, or shoot sprittle?c1225 leader1572 arrow1574 graft1576 thief1669 leading shoot1712 coppice shoot1851 Lammas shoot1929 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Druȝe spritlen [a1300 Caius sprutelen] beoreð win berien. ?c1450 in Anglia (1896) 18 306 Take to handfull of ȝonge elerne-spritell And schrape of þe ouerest bark with a qwetyll. 1594 P. Henslowe Diary (1961) 236 Itm pd for smalle spertelles grene…xx d. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † sprittlev. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare -le suffix 3. Obsolete (English regional (northern and east midlands) in later use). transitive. To scrape or prise (something) up or out with a fork, hoe, or other implement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up delvec1000 upgravea1340 undelve1340 grubc1374 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 sprittle1585 effode1657 to cast up1660 exhume1783 moot1823 excavate1848 lift1883 spud1886 pig-root1890 society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig up (object) upgravea1340 digc1350 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 holk1554 moil1581 sprittle1585 effodicate1599 moot1610 effode1657 to cast up1660 to rough out1834 exter1835 excavate1848 crow1853 stub1927 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. 254 Then with a brasse or yron pipe..thrust into the bottome of it [sc. a wart], [they] do sprittle it vp by the roots. 1880 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 16 581 I found an old man and a woman respectively engaged in ‘sprittling’ out with a fork the few pieces of grassy twitch sod. 1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 693/1 [South Nottinghamshire] Yer mun sprittle the loose lime off o' the ceiling. Just sprittle them weeds up on the pad; don't dig 'em up. 1904 W. W. Skeat in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 693/1 Sprittle,..[Lincolnshire] to hoe up all the weeds and to take away unnecessary sprouts from a garden bed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019). < n.?c1225v.1585
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