Spǽtlan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - spǽtlan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

spǽtlian;

spǽtlan
p. ede. I. to emit saliva, to foam:--Spǽtleþ spumat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 37. II. to spit on anything:--Hié hine bindaþ and spǽtliaþ on his onsýne, Blickl. Homl. 15, 11. Hié spǽtledon on his onsýne, 23, 32. Spǽtlædon, 237, 11. Spǽtledon (-odon), Anglia xii. 505, 14.

Related words: spátlian. spætlan

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