"spay" meaning in Middle English

See spay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spayes [plural], spey [alternative], speye [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch speye; compare Middle Dutch spoye. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|dum|speye}} Middle Dutch speye, {{cog|dum|spoye}} Middle Dutch spoye Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} spay, {{enm-noun|spayes}} spay (plural spayes)
  1. sluice
    Sense id: en-spay-enm-noun-D1rsPI7f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: spayeth [present, singular, third-person], spayinge [participle, present], spaied [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person]
Etymology: See spayen. Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} spay, {{enm-verb|spayeth|spayinge|spaied}} spay (third-person singular simple present spayeth, present participle spayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle spaied)
  1. alternative infinitive of spayen. Tags: alternative, form-of, infinitive Form of: spayen
    Sense id: en-spay-enm-verb-qA8FU2sc Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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