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spildan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
spildan, p, de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To waste, destroy, mate away with
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  • Ðeaf ne cymes búta ðætte [hé] spildeþ (

    perdat

    ),
      Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 10.
  • Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (

    perdet

    ) hiá,
      12, 25.
  • Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 568 ; An. 284.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. spildan effundere, expendere.]
Similar entries
v. for-spildan, and spillan.
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