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O. N. ö, u-v-umlaut of a, becomes æ, written a: daggit, ragweed, tangle. 78O. N. ö, u-umlaut of a in originally open syllable, like open a, > ē in spale.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

And ilka nicht 'twixt the Sancts an' Souls Wide open she set the door; And she mendit the fire, and she left ae chair And that spale upo' the flure.

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret

"Little good, little ill, like a spale amang parritch, was that chap Trummle," said Jamie Howison.

From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen

Janet she smilit in her minnie's face:   She had brunt the roden reid, But she left aneth the birken cheir   The spale frae a coffin-lid!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

Janet she smiled in her mither's face: She had brunt the roddin reid: And she left aneath the birken chair The spale frae a coffin lid.

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret