ppl. a. north. dial. [f. SPANG v.1] Spangled, flecked, variegated, etc. Usu. of cattle.
1582. Durham Wills (Surtees), II. 65. I gyue to Roland Sympson one spangit whye.
1583. Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees, 1860), 75. To my sonne William a spangde cowe.
1621. Shuttleworths Acc. (Chetham Soc.), 249. For an odde oxe that was spanged. Ibid. For a yolke of oxen called Little Spanged Oxe and his felowe.
1828. in dial. glossaries (Yks., Lanc., Cumbld., etc.).