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Spe  spearwa, sparrow (in  mosch, musch; for the  term see ). Of this stem sparw-, which is based on the root spor, ‘to sprawl’ (see ), seems to be a pet form; note also , ‘sparrow’ (in  and  the usual term is ). .  ,, ‘to bar, obstruct, fasten,’ from and  spęrren ( sparte,  sparta),  ,  ‘to provide with spars.’  of. ,, ‘to spit,’ from late spiutzen, an intensive of , to which  ,  to  to spit, and  spyttan, is also allied.  ,, ‘spice, groceries,’ from late specerîe, , which is formed from  spezieria.  ,, ‘to lard; provide richly,’ a derivative of.  ,, ‘mirror, looking-glass, reflector,’ from the  spiegel,  spiagal,  (  spiegel). The term is derived, with a change of gender, from  spêgulum ( to  spĕculum), to which  speglio (also specchio), ‘mirror,’ points. The word must have been borrowed, on account of the change of vowels, prior to the period. has a peculiar word for ‘mirror’;  scûchar,  ‘shadow container,’ from  scûwo,  sčûa, ‘shadow,’ in  skuggwa, ‘mirror.’   ,, ‘play, game, sport,’ from the  and  spil ( spiles), , ‘jest, pastime, pleasure’; allied to , ‘to play, sport, gamble,’  spiln,  spilôn,  , ‘to amuse oneself’;   spelen,  spilian,  spila, ‘to play.’ There are no undoubted cognates in the non- languages.    (1.),, ‘spear, lance, pike,’ from spieȥ,  spioȥ, , ‘warrior's or hunter's spear’; corresponding to the. Goth *spiuta- (whence espiet, ‘spear’),  spjót,  (in  spreót, see ). Cognate terms in the non- languages are wanting. —, ‘accomplice,’  ‘comrade in arms.’

 (2.),, ‘spit’ (cooking), from the  and  spiȥ ( spiȥȥes), ; corresponding to  spit,  spitu,  spit. These cognates, whence the  term,  spito, are connected with the , of which  spitu is a  form. ( épois) is also used in the sense of ‘dags or croches of a stag,’ a meaning not found in the earlier periods; yet   ( spiȥȥo, spizzo, ‘hinnulus’), ‘young stag,’ and the borrowed  term épois, ‘trochings of a stag,’ implies the existence of such a meaning. See.   ,, see.   ,, ‘large yellow plum,’ from the  spillinc, spinlinc (g),. Probably connected, like spënala,  spënel, ‘pin,’ with a   spī̆na-, ‘thorn,’ which is cognate with  spîna, ‘thorn’ (  spillo, ‘pin’).   ,, ‘spindle, distaff, pivot, peg,’ from the  spinnel,  spinnala, ; the  variant ,  spille, is based upon  spinle. — <section end="Spindel" /> <section begin="Spinne" /> ,, ‘spider,’ from the  spinne,  spinna, ,  ‘spinner.’ — <section end="Spinne" /> ,, ‘to spin,’ from the  spinnen,  spinnan,  ; common to  in the same sense. spinnan, spinna,  spinnan,  to spin,  spinnen. While the cognates of  are common to, those of  have only  pìnti, ‘to plait’ (pántis, ‘cord’), and  pęti, ‘to stretch,’ connected with them;  the pre- roots pen and spen, which occur also in. It is also frequently assumed that and  are allied. — <section begin="Spinnewebe" /> ,, ‘cobweb,’ from the  spinnewëp, -weppe,  spinnûn węppí,. <section end="Spinnewebe" /> <section begin="Spion" /> ,, ‘spy,’ from espion; see. <section end="Spion" /> <section begin="Spital" /> ', ',, ‘hospital,’ from the  spitâl and spítel, ; which is derived from  hospitâle. <section end="Spital" /> ,, ‘pointed, acute, sharp,’ from the  spitz, spitze,  spizzi;  *spitj- ( *spitus) is wanting;   (2). No corresponding term is found in the non- languages. — <section begin="Spitz" /> ,, ‘Pomeranian dog,’ only; an  used as a. <section end="Spitz" /> <section begin="spleißen" /> ,, ‘to split, cleave,’ from the  splîȥen; corresponding to  to split and the   splijten; an  root  which does not occur elsewhere. To this is allied ,, ‘splinter,’ from  splitter,  and  ( *splitra-; an old tr in  is not permutated;  , , and ), but in  a term spelter, ‘splinter,’ connected with , is mostly <section end="spleißen" />