Middle English Dictionary Entry
sprig(ge n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | sprig(ge n.(1) |
| Etymology | From spring n.; cp. MLG spricken twigs & OE spræc a shoot. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A spray, twig; a rod or switch; (b) in surnames & place names.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)123a/a : Herbis and treen biginnyth to springe & to waxe grene wiþ buriouns and spriggis.
- a1425 PPl.C (Hnt HM 143)5.138 : Ho-so spareth the spryg [vr. sprigge; Hnt HM 137: spring] spilleth here children.
b
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10288 : Willelmus Sprig.
- (1206) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames329 : Osbert Sprigge.
- (1279) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)268 : Sprigfeud.
- (1301) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)83 : The messuage of John Sprigg..Sprigges Lane.