spled

Middle Irish

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Old English pleġa (“exercise”).

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /spʲlʲeð/
• (later) IPA^(key): /spʲlʲeɣ/

Noun

spled ?

1. sport, play
2. boasting, exaggeration; flattery

Descendants

• Irish: spleá

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “spled”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language