Friday 3 April 2009

Spelle.


SPELLE:- now dialect, also SPEL, SPELL
A splinter, chip or fragment.
From SPELLEN (german) to split or cleave.
First used in print in Ascham's Toxophily 1545

A spelle in the heart can be fatal.


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  1. Frieda Babbley4 April 2009 at 06:42

    Well, then it seems my days are numbered as a spelle has entered my heart.

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