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† ˈspriteless, a. Obs.
[f. as prec.]
= sprightless a.
α1513Douglas æneid ix. iii. 187 Quhilkis in thar weris previt sa spreytles men That Hector thaime delayit ȝeris ten. 1531Tindale Expos. 1 John (1537) 82 We..beynge spretlesse..serue God in the body. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 314 Ane abiecte and spreitles harte.
βa1547Surrey æneid iv. 896 Her sister Anne, spritelesse for dread to heare This fearefull sturre. a1618J. Davies (Heref.) Wit's Pilgr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 36/2 It often proues such spritelesse heauy Stuffe. 1661Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will & Test. Suppl. 6 So soon was his spriteless valour resolved into fear. |