speld
Pronunciation: /spɛld/
The English word “speld” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
verb
- To split.
Etymology
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”).
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