spel.
a play, a game; a person's or animal's happy, joyous movement or entertainment; activity for amusement only; a pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment
Meaning & usage
a play, a game; a person's or animal's happy, joyous movement or entertainment; activity for amusement only; a pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment
the accessories used for an entertaining or amusing pursuit; such as a board game
an instance of gambling
acting; the performance of an actor in a work of drama
play, playing; the performance of someone who plays something, such as a musician, a sportsman or player of games
play, slack; the unwanted movement of a mechanical part e.g. due to not being fastened or tightened sufficiently
a rapid switching between different things
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish spil, from Middle Low German spil and Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.
a winch
Where this word comes from
Old Swedish spill, from Middle Low German spille, from Old Saxon spinnila, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu, cognate with German Spindel and English spindle. With time, the Swedish word has adopted the declension pattern of spel in Etymology 1. Note that spindel is also a Swedish word.
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