Spila
Old Norse Dictionary - spila
Meaning of Old Norse word "spila"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spila can mean:spila
- spila
- að, [Germ. spielen], to play; the word occurs in the 14th century; hann spilar fingrum at Rómi, Fbr. 198 (in the text of the Fb. the old phrase is leika fingrum, see Rm.), passim in mod. usage.
- spila
- 2. also, to spend; s. út eigum sínum, of a spendthrift; út-spilan, squandering.
- spila
- 3. to play at cards.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)