| 释义 |
† sparpling, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. as prec.]
The action of the verb; dispersing, scattering. Also, mental or spiritual distraction.
1434Misyn Mending Life 110 All þe sparpilyngis of his hart fest he in on[e] desyre. Ibid. 118 Sparpillynge sumtyme comys, & wauyrynge of hart. 1483Cath. Angl. 352/1 A Sparpyllynge, sparsio, diuisio. 1557Ld. Warton in Strype Ann. Ref. (1824) VII. 382 Our men being not of power to encounter them held them close from sparpling abroad to destroy the country.
So † ˈsparpling ppl. a., distracting. Obs.—1
1435Misyn Fire of Love 66 Sturbyld he settis in pesse, & all noyse sparpilland he wastis. |