"speld" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /speld/, [speɫd]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *speldą. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*speldą}} Proto-Germanic *speldą Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|speld|or|speldra|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=speld|head2=|sort=}} speld n (nominative plural speld or speldra), {{ang-noun|n|speld|head=speld|pl2=speldra}} speld n (nominative plural speld or speldra) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|speld|speld,speldra|speld|speld,speldra|speldes|spelda|spelde|speldum}} Forms: speld [nominative, plural], speldra [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], speld [nominative, singular], speld [nominative, plural], speldra [nominative, plural], speld [accusative, singular], speld [accusative, plural], speldra [accusative, plural], speldes [genitive, singular], spelda [genitive, plural], spelde [dative, singular], speldum [dative, plural]
  1. splinter Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-speld-ang-noun-qRPWBM2O
  2. a thin piece of wood used as a torch; torch Tags: neuter Synonyms (torch): blase, blysiġe, brand
    Sense id: en-speld-ang-noun-hvIEUmjm Disambiguation of 'torch': 0 100
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      "sense": "torch",
      "word": "blase"
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