Sparble

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to scatter, disperse obsolete, rare, transitive

    "but after longe fyght, the vyctory fell vnto the erle of Salesbury, and the other lordys vpon his partye, and the kinges hoost was sparbled and chasyd, and many of his noble men slayne"

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"but after longe fyght, the vyctory fell vnto the erle of Salesbury, and the other lordys vpon his partye, and the kinges hoost was sparbled and chasyd, and many of his noble men slayne"

Etymology

From Middle English sparplen, from Anglo-Norman esparpeler (compare Old French esparpeillier).

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