† spoldn.
Obsolete. rare.
Spittle.
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spattlec897
spoldOE
spattlingc1000
speche?c1225
spita1300
spittinga1300
spotec1350
spittle1481
spettlea1500
salivation1601
spawlings1614
spawl1647
expectoration1650
snivel1698
slabber1718
outspitting1870
OE Cynewulf Elene 300 Ge mid horu speowdon on þæs ondwlitan þe eow eagena leoht, fram blindnesse bote gefremede eohiowunga þurh þæt æðele spald.
c1260 in Napier Hist. Holy Rood Tree 78/1 Þat leueli leor wid spald ischent.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 83 For þe spolde of a fasting man may sle any eddyr bodyly.
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