spulye, n., III, 458 b: spoil.
spulyie, spuilye, spuilzie, v., III, 463 a; IV, 53, 11; 84, 5, 8: despoil.
spunk-hole, V, [213], 3 (spunk = fire): a hollow in the floor, where the fire was made, fire-place.
spurn(e), n., III, 310, 65, 66: kick. The word, though protected by rhyme and by occurring twice, is suspicious. If spurn could be taken as clash, encounter, collision, it might stand, but such a sense is forced.
spurtle, V, [92], 11, 12: stick for stirring porridge.
spylle, I, 327, 20: mar, destroy.
spyrr, spire, spier, speir, speer, spear, sper (A. S. spyrian), I, 176, 17; 325, B 13; 349, G 9; 440, 10-15; III, 98, 41; 100, 64; V, [115], 4: ask, inquire. spear at, I, 151 a, 10; IV, 328, A b, after 3: inquire of. I, 349, G 7; II, 268, 12; 272, 9, 18; 379, 12; IV, 203, 9; 205, 15: ask, request.
squar, squer, squire.
square-wright, V, [124], 3: carpenter, joiner.
squeel, schele, schule, II, 175 f., 1, 6; 306, 19; IV, 327, 8.