Dictionary entry

Spright

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spright (sprīt), n. [See Sprite.] 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. “The high heroic spright.” Spenser.

Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser.

2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.

Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,

Legions of sprights. Spenser.

To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. Fairfax.

3. A kind of short arrow. Bacon.