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speld.

A chip of wood; a splinter.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/spɛld/
  1. A chip of wood; a splinter.

    Northern-England · Scotland · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/spɛld/
  1. To split.

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal
    I'm gonna speld your head asunderǃ You worthless gat.
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