speld

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chip of wood; a splinter.
verb
  1. To split.

Pronunciation

/spɛld/

Word forms

speld spelds spelding

Etymology

From Middle English speld, spelde, from Old English speld (“a splinter; a chip of wood; torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą (“splinter, board”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).

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