Spittan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spittan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: spitel. spittan

Definitions

1 spittan

p. te To dig with a spittle :-- In Agusto and Septembri and Octobri man mæg máwan, wád spittan, fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16. Cf. 'Spittle to cut weeds with a spittle-staff,' E. D. S. Pub. Line. Gl. 'Spittle ower to dig over a piece of ground with a spade,' Holderness Gl. 'Spitter a small tool with a long handle for cutting up weeds,' Halliwell's Dict.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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