† spildern.
Obsolete. rare.
A splinter.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > splinter
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c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 198 Þe grete schafte þat was longe All to spildurs hit spronge.
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