Späla

Old Swedish Dictionary - späla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "späla" (or spæla) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

späla (spæla): spela. - bildl. inrät sitt handlingssätt, gå till väga. om en verksamhet hvars umgång kan betraktas ss oviss. späler wisliga BSH 5: 171 (1507).

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so späla may have also been written as spæla

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᛅᛚᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

BSH: Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.