springald

[ spring-uhld ]

noun
  1. a youth; young fellow.

Origin of springald

1
1400–50; late Middle English, alteration (by dissimilation) of *springard leaper, jumper. See spring, -ard

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How to use springald in a sentence

  • Well, my wild little maid, be good enough to repeat to me what you whispered just now to that springald of a captain.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • It concerns the upstart springald whom the Princess Margaret had the bad taste to prefer to me.

    Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • I hear that both she and the young springald who sought to set her at liberty are to be brought before him directly after supper.

    The Coming of the King | James Hocking
  • Had she, after all, made so little impression on this springald despite her tacit encouragement of him!

    The Song of the Wolf | Frank Mayer
  • This mighty horseman was carried by his steed as lightly as the young springald by his Andalusian hackney.

    Burlesques | William Makepeace Thackeray