CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPANCEL
PRESENT
Present
I spancel
you spancel
he/she/it spancels
we spancel
you spancel
they spancel
Present continuous
I am spancelling
you are spancelling
he/she/it is spancelling
we are spancelling
you are spancelling
they are spancelling
Present perfect
I have spancelled
you have spancelled
he/she/it has spancelled
we have spancelled
you have spancelled
they have spancelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been spancelling
you have been spancelling
he/she/it has been spancelling
we have been spancelling
you have been spancelling
they have been spancelling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I spancelled
you spancelled
he/she/it spancelled
we spancelled
you spancelled
they spancelled
Past continuous
I was spancelling
you were spancelling
he/she/it was spancelling
we were spancelling
you were spancelling
they were spancelling
Past perfect
I had spancelled
you had spancelled
he/she/it had spancelled
we had spancelled
you had spancelled
they had spancelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been spancelling
you had been spancelling
he/she/it had been spancelling
we had been spancelling
you had been spancelling
they had been spancelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will spancel
you will spancel
he/she/it will spancel
we will spancel
you will spancel
they will spancel
Future continuous
I will be spancelling
you will be spancelling
he/she/it will be spancelling
we will be spancelling
you will be spancelling
they will be spancelling
Future perfect
I will have spancelled
you will have spancelled
he/she/it will have spancelled
we will have spancelled
you will have spancelled
they will have spancelled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been spancelling
you will have been spancelling
he/she/it will have been spancelling
we will have been spancelling
you will have been spancelling
they will have been spancelling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would spancel
you would spancel
he/she/it would spancel
we would spancel
you would spancel
they would spancel
Conditional continuous
I would be spancelling
you would be spancelling
he/she/it would be spancelling
we would be spancelling
you would be spancelling
they would be spancelling
Conditional perfect
I would have spancel
you would have spancel
he/she/it would have spancel
we would have spancel
you would have spancel
they would have spancel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been spancelling
you would have been spancelling
he/she/it would have been spancelling
we would have been spancelling
you would have been spancelling
they would have been spancelling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you spancel
we let´s spancel
you spancel
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
spancelled
Present Participle
spancelling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPANCEL»
Discover the use of
spancel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spancel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
T.H. White's The Once and Future King
White gives a graphic description of how a spancel (a rope or fetter for hobbling
cattle, horses etc., but here in the special sense of a long unbroken strip of skin
taken from the body of a dead man for magical purposes) is made and used, but
...
2
Dictionary of Newfoundland English
To hobble a domestic fowl; SPANCEL V. [1952] 1965 PEACOCK (ed) i, 130 "For
the Fish We Must Prepare": Go span your hens, the cock will crow, / More rain, it
goes too slow. spancel n Cp EDO ~ sb 1 'a fetter' for sense 1 . 1 A device to ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
He passes along by the small islands : neither of them tempt him to land, unless it
may be Rossburkie, to look for the tree round which the milkmaid tied the spancel
.1]; Here are Arbutus Island, Eagle Island, M'Carthy's ' Lord Brandon, who built ...
Zaven handed the spancel to Clio. "1 don't think we'll need this anymore. I now
know my destiny." Clio looked at the compass. The blue arrow pointed right to the
spancel. It must always have been that, rather than the zombie woman. That was
...
5
A Social History of Ancient Ireland: Treating of the ...
That they used a spancel — and a strong one too, with a big knob — in the old
times is shown by a story in the Dinnsenchus. An able-bodied idle fellow,
roaming about, met a girl herding her cows in the evening in a lonely place, and ...
Patrick Weston Joyce, 1903
6
A week at Killarney, by mr. & mrs. S.C. Hall
shouted the girt, pointing to the nearest tree ; * there's the spancel ! ' and sure
enough there was a spancel. * No,' said her brother, ' there's the spancel.' * Not at
all ! ' exclaimed her mother, * it's on that tree.' * I wish,' put in her father, ' that ...
7
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
believed in, or at least spoken of, though not practised. It is called the spancel,
and is thus described by C. O.1 : — " This spancel, called in Irish ' stheioul dhrum
agus tharragh,' signifying the skin of the back and of the belly, consists of a ...
8
The post-chaise companion: or, Travellers directory through ...
Within four miles and a half of Spancel-hill, on the R. is Snugborough, the seat of'
Mr. Hewitt, near the ruins of a castle and a church on either side, and those of
Quin-abbey, the most perfect of its kind in Ireland, having a complete
quadrangular ...
William Wilson (topographer.), 1820
9
Selected Plays of M.J. Molloy
They re-emerge with the Spancel of Death.) The Spancel of Death! Biddy the
Tosser and Teig of the Tombs! . . . Was it Peg put it on me, so that she'd never
lose me? And was it the Spancel of Death and coaxiorums that broke the vow I
took ...
Michael Joseph Molloy, Robert O'Driscoll, 1998
10
Songs of the Dying Earth
“Now, Pippy dearest,” he said, drawing forth the Spancel of Submission he had
purchased at the Wizard's stall, “Bid farewell to your pampered life. From this day
forth, you have a new master, and you shall see how he rewards insults to his ...
George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, 2013
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPANCEL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spancel is used in the context of the following news items.
RTÉ's Road to the Rising on Easter Monday
... while RTÉ's Drama On One will resurrect a play that was due to be staged at the Abbey Theatre during Easter Week, 1916, namely The Spancel of Death by ... «RTE.ie, Apr 15»
RTÉ Radio 1's Abbey shows for Easter Rising anniversary
This is a re-imagined audio version of the forgotten play of 1916, The Spancel of Death by T.H. Nally. This was due to be performed on the Abbey Stage Easter ... «RadioToday Ireland, Mar 15»
