"sparplen" meaning in All languages combined

See sparplen on Wiktionary

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈsparp(ə)lən/, /ˈsparpilən/, /ˈsparpui̯lən/, /ˈspark(ə)lən/, /ˈspart(ə)lən/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman esparpeler (compare Old French esparpeillier), of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|esparpeler}} Anglo-Norman esparpeler, {{cog|fro|esparpeillier}} Old French esparpeillier Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sparplen, {{tlb|enm|mostly|Late ME}} (chiefly Late Middle English) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|sparpl|y=0}} Forms: weak [table-tags], sparplen [infinitive], to sparplen [infinitive], sparple [infinitive], sparple [first-person, present, singular], sparpled [first-person, past, singular], sparplest [present, second-person, singular], sparpledest [past, second-person, singular], sparpleth [present, singular, third-person], sparpled [past, singular, third-person], sparple [present, singular, subjunctive], sparpled [past, singular, subjunctive], sparple [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], sparplen [plural, present], sparple [plural, present], sparpleden [past, plural], sparplede [past, plural], sparpleth [imperative, plural, present], sparple [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], sparplynge [participle, present], sparplende [participle, present], sparpled [participle, past]
  1. To scatter or disperse. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-sparplen-enm-verb-wM41J8JF Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 17 26 14 17 27
  2. To cause to scatter; to spread out. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-sparplen-enm-verb-h5lsZQX~ Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 17 26 14 17 27
  3. To cover (in something); to douse or sprinkle. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-sparplen-enm-verb-mab94F8I Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 17 26 14 17 27
  4. To vanish by dispersion. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-sparplen-enm-verb-EVEHaomx Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 17 26 14 17 27
  5. (rare) To distribute; to hand out. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-sparplen-enm-verb-tdHjC3p2 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 17 26 14 17 27 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 20 7 11 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 16 6 7 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 9 5 6 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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      "form": "weak",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to sparplen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpledest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpleden",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sparpleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "Late ME"
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      "expansion": "(chiefly Late Middle English)",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 26 14 17 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "To scatter or disperse."
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          "scatter",
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          "disperse",
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      ],
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        "To cause to scatter; to spread out."
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        [
          "scatter",
          "scatter"
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        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
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        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ]
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        "Late-Middle-English"
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        "To cover (in something); to douse or sprinkle."
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        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
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          "douse",
          "douse"
        ],
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          "sprinkle",
          "sprinkle"
        ]
      ],
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        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vanish by dispersion."
      ],
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          "vanish",
          "vanish"
        ],
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          "dispersion",
          "dispersion"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 16 6 7 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 9 5 6 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distribute; to hand out."
      ],
      "id": "en-sparplen-enm-verb-tdHjC3p2",
      "links": [
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ],
        [
          "hand out",
          "hand out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To distribute; to hand out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsparp(ə)lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsparpilən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsparpui̯lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspark(ə)lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspart(ə)lən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparble"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparcle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpellen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparplyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpoilen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpoylle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpuilen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpyll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparpylle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spartelyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sperkelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sperkylle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sperpillen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sperple"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sparplen"
}
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    "Late Middle English",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman esparpeler (compare Old French esparpeillier), of unknown origin.",
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    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to sparplen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpledest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpleden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparplende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sparpled",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "Late ME"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sparpl",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To scatter or disperse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scatter",
          "scatter"
        ],
        [
          "disperse",
          "disperse"
        ]
      ],
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        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to scatter; to spread out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scatter",
          "scatter"
        ],
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cover (in something); to douse or sprinkle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "douse",
          "douse"
        ],
        [
          "sprinkle",
          "sprinkle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To vanish by dispersion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vanish",
          "vanish"
        ],
        [
          "dispersion",
          "dispersion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distribute; to hand out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ],
        [
          "hand out",
          "hand out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To distribute; to hand out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsparp(ə)lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsparpilən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsparpui̯lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspark(ə)lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspart(ə)lən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sparble"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparcle"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpellen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparplyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpoilen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpoylle"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpule"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpuilen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpyll"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparpylle"
    },
    {
      "word": "spartelyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sperkelen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sperkylle"
    },
    {
      "word": "sperpillen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sperple"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sparplen"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.