What is "spriest"

Spry \Spry\ (spr[imac]), a. [Compar. Sprier or Spryer (-[~e]r); superl. Spriest or Spryest.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.

She is as spry as a cricket.
--S. Judd (Margaret).

If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry.
--Emerson.

a. (en-superlativespry)

1. adj. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble, quick]

2. [also: spriest, sprier]

See spry