Springald

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈspɹɪŋəld/

Alternative forms

• springal

Origin

Apparently from spring, with an uncertain final element.

Full definition of springald

Noun

1. (now rare, archaic) A youth; a young man, a stripling.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10:There came two Springals of full tender yeares,
  Farre thence from forrein land where they did dwell ….
• 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:this same springald, who conceals his name, and despises our proffered hospitality, hath already gained one prize, and may now afford to let others have their turn.