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spilian
Old English
verb
Definitions
to play; to make sport of, to revel
to act lasciviously
Etymology
Inherited from *spilōn.
Origin
*spilōn
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
Cognates
spiel
English
Spiel
German
spielen
German
spilen
Middle English
spelen
Middle Dutch
spilōn
Old High German
שפּילן
Yiddish
*spilōn
gmw-pro
*spilon
Old Dutch
spelen
Middle Low German
spillen
Middle Low German
Derived Terms