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speel

or speil

[ speel ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Scot. and North England.
  1. to climb; ascend; mount.

speel

/ spiːl /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a splinter of wood

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Word History and Origins

Origin of speel1

First recorded in 1505–15; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of speel1

probably from Old Norse; compare Norwegian spela, spila, Swedish spjela, spjele spill ²

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Example Sentences

There's a nail upon the tae, &c To make the powny speel the brae; There's a nail and there's a brod—a horse weel shod.

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