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spreckle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
spreckles	Number=Plur		lexicographic
sprackle		alternative	lexicographic

spreckle en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English *spreklen (suggested by past participle sprekled), from the noun above.

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, ambitransitive, dialectal) To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
sprackle		alternative	lexicographic
spreckles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
spreckled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
spreckled	Tense=Past		lexicographic
spreckling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic