Middle English Dictionary Entry
sprig(ge n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | sprig(ge n.(2) Also (errors in cpds.) spryd-, spryng-, spurgat-; pl. sprigges, sprigge, (error) spryd. |
| Etymology | ?From sprig(ge n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A small, square-bodied nail, a brad; -- also coll.; ~ nail.
Associated quotations
- (1295) in Salzman Building in Engl.313 : Clavorum de sprig ad lath'.
- (1348) *Acc.Exch.K.R.470/18.m.2 [OD col.] : Pro mm trauersnail et sprig.
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1144 : d de lednaill, dccc de spryg.
- (1359) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.305 : [For 1500] sprigges, 15 d.
- (1377) Acc.in Lambert Hist.Banstead354 : Eidem Johanni pro mmm clavis ferreis vocatis sprygnaylles, ab eo emptis pro operibus predictis, pretium mille x d.
- (1399) *Acc.Exch.K.R.473/2.m.3 [OD col.] : Pro..vj Ml. Spryngnaylle.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.154/437 : For j c of sprigg naill for dawbers, j d.
- (1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill66 : For v c countre nayl & v c sprigge & v c transum, v d.
- (1433-7) *Acc.Exch.K.R.53/3.lf.9b [OD col.] : Pro xx c clauorum vocatorum Spurgatnaille.
- (1441) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.6 : Payed for spryd nayell, xij d.
- (1443) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.9 : For di. ml. spryd, iiij d.
- (1452-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)340 : Paye for Sprygg nale j quarter, Summa ij d.
- (1460) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.33 : Item, for Ml. Spriggenayll, viij d.
- (1464-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7863 : Pro v centenis de sprig nayle.
- (1471-3) MSS Penshurst in HMC1.236 : Pro mmd spryggis emptis apud London ad opus manerii, 2 s. 1 d.
- (1478-80) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3237 : Payde for..sprigge, ij d.