Spila

Old Norse Dictionary - spila

Meaning of Old Norse word "spila" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

spila Old Norse word can mean:

spila: að, [Germ. spielen], to play; the word occurs in the 14th century; hann spilar fingrum at Rómi, Fbr. 198 (in the text of the Fb. the old phrase is leika fingrum, see Rm.), passim in mod. usage.

spila: 2. also, to spend; s. út eigum sínum, of a spendthrift; út-spilan, squandering.

spila: 3. to play at cards.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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