spreckle

noun, verb — 2 senses

spreckle

noun

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”).

Northern England, Scotland, Dialectal A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

spreckle

verb

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

Northern England, Scotland, Ambitransitive, Dialectal To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.

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