Spilla

Old Norse Dictionary - spilla

Meaning of Old Norse word "spilla" in English.

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

spilla Old Norse word can mean:

spilla: t, to spoil, destroy, with dat.; brutu niðr hof ok spilltu blótum, Fms. i. 51; þeir spilltu því er þeir máttu eigi með fara, Eg. 385; spilt var slæðunum, 703; spilla íll mál góðum siðum, Bs. i. 271; s. máli e-s, Eg. 418; s. okkru vinfengi, Nj. 49; s. sér í saurlífi, Stj. 55; s. fyrir e-m, to spoil one’s condition, do one harm, Eg. 255, esp. of harming by slander.

spilla: II. reflex. to be spoiled, damaged, grow worse, Grág. ii. 288, Hom. 120; spillask við, to get worse, Eg. 566; trú spilltisk, Landn. 117; mun mikit hafa um spilzk, taken a turn for the worse, Ísl. ii. 369; spilltisk skjótt árferð, Fms. i. 51; spillask þá sakarnar, Grág. i. 373:—part. spellandi, a spoiler, Ó. H. 114; um-spillendr: spilltr, spoiled, corrupted.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

esp.: especially.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

part.: participle.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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