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spil.

game (with some sort of equipment such as playing cards or a board, usually not on a large scale)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈspɪːl]
  1. game (with some sort of equipment such as playing cards or a board, usually not on a large scale)

    neuter
  2. playing card

    neuter
  3. play, playing (the act of playing, also music)

    neuter · uncountable
  4. winch, windlass

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse spil (Old West Norse/Old Icelandic), found in Skáld-Helga rímur (15th c.), Borrowed from Middle Low German spil, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“game”).

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