Spildan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spildan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: for-spildan,

Definitions

1 spildan

p, de To waste, destroy, mate away with :-- Ðeaf ne cymes búta ðætte [hé] spildeþ (perdat), Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 10. Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568 ; An. 284. [O. H. Ger. spildan effundere, expendere.] and spillan. spildan

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᛚᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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