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spilian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
spilian, p. ode
To play, sport, wanton
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  • 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.
Etymology
[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.]
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v.  on-spillend spilere.
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