"speld" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɛld/ Forms: spelds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛld 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|speld}} Middle English speld, {{m|enm|spelde}} spelde, {{inh|en|ang|speld|t=a splinter; a chip of wood; torch}} Old English speld (“a splinter; a chip of wood; torch”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*speldą|t=splinter, board}} Proto-Germanic *speldą (“splinter, board”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)pel-|t=to split}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} speld (plural spelds)
  1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A chip of wood; a splinter. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-speld-en-noun-mEjdHUZ7 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 4 26 19 15 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /spɛld/ Forms: spelds [present, singular, third-person], spelding [participle, present], speld [participle, past], speld [past]
Rhymes: -ɛld Head templates: {{en-verb|spelds|spelding|speld}} speld (third-person singular simple present spelds, present participle spelding, simple past and past participle speld)
  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To split. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Related terms: spald
    Sense id: en-speld-en-verb-xGs1q-fn Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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