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spilla

“spilla” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to spill, accidentally pour out liquid
  2. to waste (e.g. time)

Etymology

From Old Swedish spilla, from Old Norse spilla, from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to sunder, split, rend, tear”).

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