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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SPLAE, adj. Also ¶splee (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.); splaw-; splaivie-, splayvie-. Sc. variants of Eng. splay(-foot(ed)) (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 435; s.Sc. 1837 Wilson's Tales of the Borders IV. 33; Kcb. 1897 A. J. Armstrong R. Rankine at Exhibition 27, splaw-; Rxb. 1912 Jedburgh Gaz. (19 July); Sc. 1933 W. Souter Seeds in the Wind 17; Dmb. 1971, splaivie).
[The form splaw is also found in 18th-c. Eng. and in mod. dial. Splaivie is due to conflation with skaivie s.v. Skave, adj., or spavy (see Spavie).]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Splae adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 11 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/splae>
