speel

or speil

[ speel ]

verb (used with or without object)Scot. and North England.
  1. to climb; ascend; mount.

Origin of speel

1
First recorded in 1505–15; origin uncertain

Words Nearby speel

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How to use speel in a sentence

  • There's a nail upon the tae, &c To make the powny speel the brae; There's a nail and there's a brod—a horse weel shod.

British Dictionary definitions for speel

speel

/ (spiːl) /


noun
  1. Manchester dialect a splinter of wood

Origin of speel

1
probably from Old Norse; compare Norwegian spela, spila, Swedish spjela, spjele spill ²

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