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Old English · verb

spilian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈspi.li.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈspi · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
speelrevellasciviouslysport

Meaning

  1. to play; to make sport of, to revel

  2. to act lasciviously

Conjugation

Conjugation of spilian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular spiliġespilode
2nd singular spilastspilodest
3rd singular spilaþspilode
Plural spiliaþspilodon
Subjunctive
Singular spiliġespilode
Plural spiliġenspiloden
Non-finite forms of spilian
Form
Infinitive spilian
Inflected infinitive spilienne
Imperative singular spila
Imperative plural spiliaþ
Present participle spiliende
Past participle spilodġespilod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

Descendants

speel

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