speld
English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
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”).
Noun[edit]
speld (plural spelds)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
speld (third-person singular simple present spelds, present participle spelding, simple past and past participle speld)
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To split.
- I'm gonna speld your head asunderǃ You worthless gat.
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Etymology[edit]
From Dutch speld, from Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
speld (plural spelde, diminutive speldjie)
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Descendants[edit]
- → Kwanyama: oshipela
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- spel (dialectal, Southern Dutch)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
speld f (plural spelden, diminutive speldje n)
Synonyms[edit]
- (pin): pin
Derived terms[edit]
- een speld kunnen horen vallen
- haarspeld
- krulspeld
- mouwspeld
- sierspeld
- speldenknop
- speldenkoker
- speldenkussen
- veiligheidsspeld
Descendants[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *speldą.
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Noun[edit]
speld n (nominative plural speld or speldra)
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- Rhymes:English/ɛld
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- nl:Sewing
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