spille

• spelle (scattered variant)

From Middle High German spilen, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpilə/

spille (third-person singular present spillt, past participle jespillt or gespillt)

1. (most dialects) to play

• Spill

Borrowed from Middle Low German spelen, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn, cognate with German spielen (Swedish spela is also from Low German).

IPA^(key): /spelə/, [ˈsb̥elə]

spille (past tense spillede, past participle spillet)

1. to play (music, a game, in a theatrical performance)
2. to gamble, play a game
3. (intransitive) to move quickly (e.g. with the muscles, the tongue)
4. (intransitive) to flicker, sparkle

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

1. (rare) music player (any device that can play music)

spillē

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

spille f

1. plural of spilla

• psille, spelli

From Old English spillan.

spille

1. Alternative form of spillen

• IPA^(key): /spil.le/, [ˈspɪl.lə]

From Middle Low German spelen.

• spelle

spille (imperative spill, present tense spiller, passive spilles, simple past spilte, past participle spilt, present participle spillende)

1. to play (a sport)
2. to play (a musical instrument)
3. spille inn (music etc.) to record (something)

• innspilling
• spilleautomat
• spillemann
• utspille

• spill (noun)

From Old Norse spilla.

spille (inflections as above)

1. to spill, slop
2. to waste

• “spille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse spilla.

spille (present tense spiller, past tense spilte, past participle spilt, passive infinitive spillast, present participle spillande, imperative spill)

1. to spill, slop
2. to waste

• “spille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.