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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Sparfal(l, Sparfle, v. [Altered form of Sparpal(l v., also in the later dial. as sperfle.] tr. a. = Sparpal(l v. 2 b, to distribute. b. = Sparpal(l v. 2 c, to disseminate. —a. 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 194.
The … lordis … ordanit that the ane half of the … guidis be randerit agane to the … pover tennentis; bot or this tyme, the … men of weare hade sparfallit the best of thame
b. 1606 Lett. Eccl. Affairs I 42.
Mr. Jhone Hammiltoun … and vtheris … ar … sparfling Hammiltonis blasphemous new book amangst them and seducing them everie way

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