Middle English Dictionary Entry
spilen v.
Entry Info
Forms | spilen v. |
Etymology | OE spilian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To revel, play.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2532 : Alle men ðe it heren welin, God leue hem in his blisse spilen Among engeles & seli men.