† springel Obs.
Also 5 springill, spryngil(l.
[app. f. spring v.1 The suffix may be after med.L. aspergillum.]
A sprinkler for holy water. Also Comb. in springel-stick.
| 13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxvii. 730 Siþen he wole wiþ springel-stikke Ȝiuen holy water abouten þikke. c 1400 Beryn 138 A monk, þat toke þe spryngill with a manly chere. Ibid. 142 The Frere feynyd fetously the spryngil for to hold To spryng oppon the remnaunt. 1494 Will of Cumbe (Somerset Ho.), My grete holy water stop & the springill therto. |