Obs. Forms: 4–5 Spaynyel(l, 5 Spayn(h)ell, Sc. Spunȝell. [ad. OF. Espaignol (cf. prec. 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.
