Spearman, _sb._ RG. 378 Special, _adj._ RG. 422 ---- _sb._ == a particular friend. Alys. 3288. St Dunstan, 194 Specially, _adv._ RG. 497 Speech, _sb._ RG. 412, 419 Speed, _v. n._ == succeed. pret. ‘spedde.’ RG. 303, 396; part, ‘isped.’ 1487 B. AS. spédan Spell, _sb._ == tale. HD. 338, 2530. AS. spell ---- _v. n._ == tell, relate. HD. 15 Spelling, _sb._ == tale. Ps. lxxii. 28 Spence, _sb._ == expenses. RG. 167; money to defray expenses. RG. 275; [spounse]. 1566 B. Spend, _v. a._ RG. 528; pret. ‘spende.’ RG. 390 Spending, _sb._ [spenynge]. RG. 389 Sperd, _part._ == barred, locked up. HD. 448. ON. sperra Sperver, _sb._ == sparrowhawk. Alys. 183. Fr. espervier Spew, _v. n._ Pol. S. 240. AS. spíwan Spice, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34 Spicery, _sb._ RG. 151 Spill, _sb._ == a splinter of wood; ‘not worth a spill.’ 850 B. Ital. spillo. AS. speld Spill, _v. a._ == destroy. 306 B.; part. ‘ispild.’ O. and N. 1025 ---- _v. n._ == miscarry. Wright’s L. P. p. 84 Spin, _v. a._ Alys. 6806; part. ‘ysponne.’ Alys. 7251 Spinnandweb, _sb._ == spider. Ps. lxxxix. 9 Spire, _sb._ == a sprout, twig. O. and N. 18. ON. spira Spire, _v. a._ == inquire, learn. HD. 2620. Alys. 2569. AS. spirian. Scotch, speer Spit, _sb._ == kitchen spit. RG. 207. AS. spitu ---- _v. a._ == pierce with a spit, RG. 207 Spit, _v. a._ [spret]. Alys. 979 ---- _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211 Spore, an error for ‘swore’ == neck? O. and N. 1123 Spouse, _sb._ == husband. RG. 431 ---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1332 ---- _v. a._ RG. 368, 422; part. ‘yspoused.’ RG. 393 Spousebreach, _sb._ RG. 26 Spousehood, _sb._ RG. 26, 367 Spousing, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 431 ---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1553 Sprawl, _v. n._ HD. 475 Spray, _sb._ == twig of a tree. RG. 552. AS. spree Spread, _v. a._ HD. 95. ---- == overspread. Sermon, 30; part. ‘ysprad.’ RG. 545 Spread, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. sprædan Spret. See Spit Spring, _v. n._ RG. 15; pret. ‘sprong.’ RG. 384; part. ‘isprung.’ O. and N. 300. AS. springan Spring, _sb._ == fountain. Wright’s L. P. p. 70 Springe, _sb._ == snare. O. and N. 1064 Sprit [spreot], _sb._ == bowsprit. Alys. 858. AS. sprit Sprout, _sb._ HD. 1142. Ps. lxxix. 12. AS. sprote Spur, _sb._ RG. 544. AS. spor ---- _v. a._ RG. 376 Spurless, _adj._ Pol. S. 71 Spurn, _v. a._ Ps. xc. 12 Sputing, _sb._ == disputing. O. and N. 1572 Spy, _sb._ Body and Soul, 130. Alys. 3530 ---- _v. a._ == look out, devise. Alys. 7013 Spyrie ? Alys. 2995. Possibly a mistake for ‘squyrie,’ i. e. the squires Squat, _v. a._ == squash, crush. Ps. cix. 6. AS. cwatan, to shake Squire, _sb._ RG. 536, 380 Stability, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 98 Stable, _adj._ RG. 551, 455 ---- _v. a._ == stablish; part. ‘ystabled.’ Alys. 4690 Stably, _adv._ RG. 551, 123 Staff, _sb._ RG. 126. AS. stæf Stage, _sb._ == platform. Alys. 5585 Stake, _sb._ RG. 51. AS. stáca Stake, _sb._ == a blow. Alys. 2835. AS. stician, to stab, fix in