Spilian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spilian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 spilian

p. ode To play, sport, wanton :-- Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse . . . and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, spelliaþ and spiliaþ, and nǽnige note dreógaþ, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 25. Eówra leóda ðe spiliaþ and plegaþ and rǽdes ne hédaþ, Wulfst. 45, 24. [Uortigerne mid his hirede hæhliche spilede, Laym. 13816. In blisse spilen, Gen. and Ex. 2532. O. Sax. spilón to play, dance: O. H. Ger. spilón ludere, ludificare, lascivire.] spilian

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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