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Shright vs Spright - What's the difference?

shright | spright |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between shright and spright

is that shright is (obsolete) a shriek or shrieking; sobbing while spright is (obsolete) to haunt.

As verbs the difference between shright and spright

is that shright is (obsolete) (shriek) while spright is (obsolete) to haunt.

As nouns the difference between shright and spright

is that shright is (obsolete) a shriek or shrieking; sobbing while spright is .

shright

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (shriek)
  • (obsolete) (shritch)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vii:
  • cruell Sprights, / That with their pitteous cryes, and yelling shrights , / They made the further shore resounden wide [...].

    spright

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
  • * Spenser
  • the high heroic spright
  • * Spenser
  • Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright .
  • (obsolete) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
  • * Spenser
  • Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, / Legions of sprights .
  • * Fairfax
  • To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright .
  • (obsolete) A kind of short arrow.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To haunt.
  • (Shakespeare)