Spright or Sprite, == spirit; 1) mood, occasional state of the mind: “with a lazy s.” Ven. 181. “intending weariness with heavy s.” Lucr. 121. “cheer we up his --s,” Mcb. IV, 1, 127.
2) mind, soul: “her winged s.” Lucr. 1728. “the quintessence of every s. heaven would in little show,” As III, 2, 147. Troil. I, 3, 56 (Ff spirit).
3) any supernatural being: Tp. I, 2, 381. II, 2, 121. Err. II, 2, 192. Mids. II, 1, 33. V, 400. Wint. II, 1, 26. Wint. II, 1, 26 Mcb. III, 5, 27. == ghost: Lucr. 451. Mids. V, 388. Troil. III, 2, 34 (Q spirit). Mcb. II, 3, 84.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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