Chaucerian and Other Pieces / Being a Supplement to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

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Sperd, pp. fastened, shut up, XVI. 66.

Spere, s. sphere, VIII. 34; X. 53.

Sperkelande, pres. pt. wandering in different directions, I. i. 2. 75.

Spille, ger. to destroy, I. i. pr. 127; I. ii. 14. 43; to perish, to pine, I. i. 1. 7; v. perish, XVIII. 200; pr. s. spoils, XXIV. 385; Spilte, pp. destroyed, I. i. 2. 86.

Spinne, ger. to spin, XIV. 31.

Spire, s. blade, young shoot, I. iii. 5. 4, 9.

Spittail-hous, s. hospital, XVII. 391.

Splaye, ger. to display, VIII. 33.

Splene, s. spleen, ill temper, XVI. 327.

Sponne, pp. spun, IV. 299; VIII. 487.