† Spaniel, n.2 Obs.
Forms: 4–5 Spaynyel(l, 5 Spayn(h)ell, Sc. Spanȝell.
[ad. OF. Espaignol (cf. spaniel n.1 (and a.) and Spainol).]
A Spaniard.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 419 Galba Servius regnede aftir Nero..i-chose of Spaynyellus and of Galles. Ibid. V. 235 Þe Spaynelles, Galles, and Romayns. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. ix. 778 (Cott.), Þar schippis he fande thretty Wiþe of Spanȝellis in company. |