Spilla
Old Norse Dictionary - spilla
Meaning of Old Norse word "spilla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spilla can mean:spilla
- spilla
- t, to spoil, destroy, with dat.; brutu niðr hof ok spilltu blótum, Fms. i. 51; þeir spilltu því er þeir máttu eigi með fara, Eg. 385; spilt var slæðunum, 703; spilla íll mál góðum siðum, Bs. i. 271; s. máli e-s, Eg. 418; s. okkru vinfengi, Nj. 49; s. sér í saurlífi, Stj. 55; s. fyrir e-m, to spoil one’s condition, do one harm, Eg. 255, esp. of harming by slander.
- spilla
- II. reflex. to be spoiled, damaged, grow worse, Grág. ii. 288, Hom. 120; spillask við, to get worse, Eg. 566; trú spilltisk, Landn. 117; mun mikit hafa um spilzk, taken a turn for the worse, Ísl. ii. 369; spilltisk skjótt árferð, Fms. i. 51; spillask þá sakarnar, Grág. i. 373:—part. spellandi, a spoiler, Ó. H. 114; um-spillendr: spilltr, spoiled, corrupted.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)