spled
Middle Irish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Old English pleġa (“exercise”).
Pronunciation
- (earlier) IPA(key): /spʲlʲeð/
- (later) IPA(key): /spʲlʲeɣ/
Noun
spled ?
- sport, play
- boasting, exaggeration; flattery
Descendants
- Irish: spleá
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “spled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language