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spilling

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
spilling, e; f.
Destruction, waste
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  • Nán þing . . . búton folces geswinc and feós spylling and heora feónda forðbylding,

      Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 37.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. spyllinge or lesynge or schendynge confusio, deperdicio.]
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v. feoh-spilling.
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  • spilling, n.