speld

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

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

speld (plural spelds)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A chip of wood; a splinter.

Etymology 2

Verb

speld (third-person singular simple present spelds, present participle spelding, simple past and past participle speld)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To split.

   I'm gonna speld your head asunderǃ You worthless gat.

Related terms

• spald

References

• http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/speld_v

Anagrams

• Delps, PLEDs

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• spel (dialectal, Southern Dutch)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛlt/

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• Hyphenation: speld
• Rhymes: -ɛlt
• Homophone: spelt

Noun

speld f (plural spelden, diminutive speldje n)

1. A pin (fastening device).
2. A brooch.

   Synonym: broche

Synonyms

• (pin): pin

Derived terms

• een speld kunnen horen vallen
• haarspeld
• krulspeld
• mouwspeld
• sierspeld
• speldenknop
• speldenkoker
• speldenkussen
• veiligheidsspeld

Descendants

• Afrikaans: speld

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *speldą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speld/, [speɫd]

Noun

speld n (nominative plural speld or speldra)

1. splinter
2. a thin piece of wood used as a torch; torch

Declension

Declension of speld

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	speld	speld, speldra
accusative	speld	speld, speldra
genitive	speldes	spelda
dative	spelde	speldum

Synonyms

• (torch): blase, blysiġe, brand

Descendants

• Middle English: speld, spelde
  • English: speld, spell, spill