Etymology

speldring

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Today it means: A split dried haddock or other small fish. Full definition →

Scots speld
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  1. Scots · derived fromspeld“to spread out”
  2. English todayspeldring

From Scots speld (“to spread out”); compare German spalten (“to split”).

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