Middle English Dictionary Entry
spōlde n.
Entry Info
Forms | spōlde n. Also (early) spald. |
Etymology | OE spāld |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. spotel n.
1.
Spittle.
Associated quotations
- a1275 Stod ho (Tan 169*)1 : Þat leueli leor wid spald ischent.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)83/5 : Þe spolde of fastyng [vr. a fasting man] may sle any eddyr bodyly.