† ˈSpainol Obs.
In 4–5 Spaynol, 5 -al.
[ad. AF. type *Espaynol, = OF. Espaignol (see spaniel2), Sp. Español, Pg. Hespanhol, It. Spagnuolo:—Romanic *Spaniolus, f. Spania Spain.]
A Spaniard.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 3399 Þe spaynoles speiȝed he was slayne. Ibid. 3529 Of þe spaynolus wol I speke. 14.. Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) IV. 419 Of Spaynols and of Galles. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. ix. 782 Thare schyppys he fand thretty Wytht off Spaynalys a cumpany. c 1450 Lydg. Secrees 605 He..Was callyd Iohn, And of nacyoun A spaynol born. 1482 Caxton Trevisa's Higden ii. vii. 80 b, Men of the West breketh her Wordes bitwene the teth as spaynols and Romayns. |