Middle English Dictionary Entry

sprekle n.
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Entry Info

Forms sprekle n.
Etymology ?From sperkel (var. of sparkle n.) or OE sprecel (as in haran-sprecel); ?back formation from ME sprekled adj. Cp. MHG spreckel & Icel., Norw. dial. sprekla.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. spekel n.
1.
A speck, speckle.
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