Obs. Also 5 springill, spryngil(l. [app. f. SPRING v.1 The suffix may be after med.L. aspergillum.] A sprinkler for holy water. Also Comb. in springel-stick.
13[?]. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., xxxvii. 730. Siþen he wole wiþ springel-stikke Ȝiuen holy water abouten þikke.
c. 1400. Beryn, 138. A monk, þat toke þe spryngill with a manly chore. Ibid., 142. The Frere feynyd fetously the spryngil for to hold To spryng oppon the remnaunt.
1494. Will of Cumbe (Somerset Ho.). My grete holy water stop & the springill therto.
