Spilla
Old Icelandic Dictionary - spillaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "spilla" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
spilla Old Icelandic word can mean:
- spilla
- (-ta, -tr), v.
- spilla
- 1) to spoil, destroy, with dat. (brutu niðr hof ok spilltu blótum); aldri skal hón s. okkru vinfengi, never shall she spoil our friendship; s. fyrir e-m, to spoil one’s condition, do one harm, esp. by slander;
- spilla
- 2) to destroy, kill (s. ætla ek báðum);
- spilla
- 3) refl., ~st, to be spoiled, damaged; s. við, to grow worse; mun mikit hafa um spillzt, it must have got much worse.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
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