spald
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch spalden (“to spilt”) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German spalden (“to spilt”). Cognate with German spalten (“to split”), Danish spalte (“to split”), Norwegian spalte (“to split”), Swedish spalta (“to split”).
Pronunciation
Verb
spald (third-person singular simple present spalds, present participle spalding, simple past and past participle spalded)
- (Northern England and Scotland) To split.