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spellian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
spellian, p. ode.
intrans.
To talk, converse, discourse
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  • Ic spellige

    fabalor

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 25 ; Zup. 145, 13.

  • Hí ealne dæg fleardiaþ and spelliaþ,

      L. 1.
  • P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 25.

  • Ðá hig spelledon (woeron spellendo, Lind. : spellende, Rush.)

    dum fabularentur

    ,
      Lk. Skt. 24, 15.

  • Mid deádum spellian, gestrión hit getácnaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 202, 5.

  • Man ne mót spellian ne sprǽce drífan binnan Godes cyrcan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 69: L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, 28.

  • Ðá se Wísdóm ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá ongan hé spellian,

      Bt. 37, 2; Fox 186, 34.

  • Spelligan,

      32, 1; Fox 114, 2.

  • Spellien (spillian,

      Cote. MS.), 20; Fox 70, 20.
trans.
To announce, proclaim, tell, utter
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  • Hig spelliaþ tógǽnaþ and spræcaþ unrihtwísnesse

    effabuntur et loquentur iniquitatem

    ,
      Ps. Lamb. 93, 4.

  • Him wæs lust ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóð spellode,

      Met. Introd. 4.

  • Hié (

    the prophets

    ) ðære sóþfæstnesse tácen spellodan and secgende wæron.
      Blickl. Homl. 161, 20.
Etymology
[Þat folc gan to spelien (vsi, 2nd MS.) Irlondes speche, Laym. 10068. Speken heom togadere & speleden, 4051. Þe posstless forenn . . . till hæþenn follc to spellenn, Orm. 8528. Mardocheus speleð amare conterens impudentem, A. R. 170, 19. Goth. spillón to tell, announce: Icel. spjalla to talk.]
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v. ge-spellian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “spellian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28449.

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