Sprange, sprung, A. 13. Sprawlyng, B. 408. Sprete = sprit (as in bow-sprit), C. 104. A.S. _sprit_. Sprude = spread, fasten, C. 104. Spryngande, springing, A. 35. Spuniande = spinnande, sticky, cleaving, B. 1038. _Pynnand_ occurs in this sense in the Northern Romance of Alexander, p. 142. “Than vmbyclappis thaim a cloude and covirs all ovir, As any _pynnand_ pik (pitch) the planets it hidis.” Spure = spere, ask, inquire of, B. 1606. Sc. _speer_. A.S. _spirian_. See T. B. 823. Sputen = spouted, uttered, B. 845. Sput = spat, vomited, C. 338. {Spyce, Spyse,} A. 235, 938; _pl._ _spyseȝ_, A. 25, 35. Spye, B. 780, 1774. Spylt, destroyed, B. 1220. Spyrakle, breath, spirit, B. 408. Spysereȝ, spice-mongers, B. 1038. Spyt, cruelty, A. 1138; vengeance, B. 755. Spytously, B. 1285. See _Spitously_. Stable, _adj._ A. 597; _vb._ B. 1334, 1652. Stac (_pret._ of _steke_), closed, fastened, B. 439. See _Steke_. {Stad, Stadde,} placed, fixed (_pret._ of _stede_), B. 806, 983, 1506. Stage, state, A. 410. Stal, seat, B. 1506. A.S. _stal_, _steal_. Stale, step, degree, place, A. 1002. Stalke, A. 152. Stalle, place, fix, B. 1334. A.S. _stælan_. Stalle, _vb._ bring, place, A. 188; B. 1184. “Lia he (Jacob) _stalle_ until his bedd.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 22b.) Stalworth, strong, B. 884; great, B. 983. Stalworþest, bravest, B. 255. Stamyn, threshold, B. 486. Stanc, pool, B. 1018. N.Prov.E. _stank_. Gael. _stang_, a pool. “_Stagnum_, a pounde, a _stanke_, a dam.” --(MS. Harl. 2270, f. 181.) Standen (_p.p._), stood, A. 519, 1148. Stange, pool, B. 439. See _Stanc_. Stape-fole, high, C. 122. Stare, _vb._ A. 149; B. 389. Stare, star, B. 583. Stared, shone, B. 1506. Staren (_3rd pers. pl. pres._), shine, A. 116. “_Staring_ stone,” T. B. 3037. Cf. “_Staryng_, or schynyng as gaye thyngys. Rutilans.” “_Staryñ_ or schynyñ and glyderyñ, niteo.” (Prompt. Parv.) “Many _starand_ stanes strikes of thair helmes.” --(K. Alex. p. 28.) “As ai stremande sternes _stared_ alle thaire wedes.” --(_Ibid._, p. 129.) Start, A. 1159. Statue, B. 995. {Staue, Staw,} = stow, place, B. 352, 360, 480. Stayre, shine, B. 1396. See _Staren_. Stayre, ladder, C. 513. Stayre, steep, high, A. 1022. A.S. _stígan_, to ascend; _stæger_, a stair. O.E. _staire_, to ascend. “A hundreth daies and a halfe he held be tha playnes, Till he was comen till a cliffe, at to the cloudis semed, That was so _staire_ and so stepe, the storé me tellis, Miȝt ther no wee, bot with wynges, winne to the topp.” --(K. Alex. p. 164, l. 4828.) “With that _stairis_ he forth the stye that streȝt to the est.” --(_Ibid._, 4834.) Steke, fasten, shut up, close, B. 157, 352, 754, 884. N.Prov.E. _steek_. A.S. _stician_, to stick in. O.N. _steckr_, a fold. Stel, stole, B. 1203. Stele, approach stealthily, B.