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Speight vs Spright - What's the difference?

speight | spright |

As nouns the difference between speight and spright

is that speight is (bird) a woodpecker while spright is .

As a verb spright is

(obsolete) to haunt.

speight

English

Alternative forms

*(l), (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (bird) a woodpecker.

    • 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)