speel
verb (used with or without object)
to climb; ascend; mount.
speil
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a variation of
speel.
Example Sentences
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“Wal,” said the hardened man, apparently relenting, “I acknowledge ye’ve been a good gurl; but why shed yur now speil all the chances o’ our gettin’ a good livin’ by yur obstinateness in bizness?
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
"For it'll be roucher nor lady Janet's, An' loud i' the braid daylicht; An' the wa' to speil is my iron mail, No her castle-wa' by nicht!"
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
Norse spela, spila, speil, a splinter, a chip, also spol.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
I'll speil tae the Goat's Ledge wi' ye; but oh, do not be making me go back there.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
