spelt
English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
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Verb[edit]
spelt
- (chiefly British) simple past and past participle of spell
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt (“spelt, corn”), from Old Saxon spelta (“spelt”); or from Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”); all from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).
Noun[edit]
spelt (usually uncountable, plural spelts)
- A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
- Synonym: dinkel wheat
- Hypernym: hulled wheat
- Coordinate terms: emmer, einkorn wheat
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Noun[edit]
spelt (plural spelts)
- (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
- (metalworking) Spelter.
Verb[edit]
spelt (third-person singular simple present spelts, present participle spelting, simple past and past participle spelted)
- (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
- spelted Beans
References[edit]
- “spelt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German spelte.
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Noun[edit]
spelt c (singular definite spelten, not used in plural form)
- spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta)
Further reading[edit]
- spelt on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch spelte, from Old Dutch *spelta, either from Frankish *spelta or Latin spelta, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.
Noun[edit]
spelt f (uncountable)
- spelt (grain)
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Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
spelt
- inflection of spellen:
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Participle[edit]
spelt
- past participle of spela
West Frisian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spelt ? (plural [please provide])
References[edit]
- “spelt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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