sparke
See also: Sparke
English
Noun
sparke (plural sparkes)
- Obsolete form of spark.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And, as it fell, his steed he ready found:
On whom remounting fiercely forth be rode,
Like sparke of fire that from the andvile glode
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspark(ə)/, /ˈspɛrk(ə)/
Noun
References
- “spark(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sparke (imperative spark, present tense sparker, passive sparkes, simple past and past participle sparka or sparket, present participle sparkende)
Derived terms
Related terms
- spark (noun)
References
- “sparke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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