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.

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c. 1350.  Will. Palerne, 3399. Þe spaynoles speiȝed he was slayne. Ibid., 3529. Of þe spaynolus wol I speke.

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14[?].  Trevisa’s Higden (Rolls), IV. 419. Of Spaynols and of Galles.

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., II. ix. 782. Thare schyppys he fand thretty Wytht off Spaynalys a cumpany.

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c. 1450.  Lydg., Secrees, 605. He … Was callyd Iohn, And of nacyoun A spaynol born.

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1482.  Caxton, Trevisa’s Higden, II. vii. 80 b. Men of the West breketh her Wordes bitwene the teth as spaynols and Romayns.

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