speld

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/spɛld/

noun

A chip of wood; a splinter.

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

OriginMiddle English speld ← Old English speld ← Proto-Germanic *speldą →
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Meanings

speld1

nounspeld (plural spelds)

plural spelds

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandobsoleteA chip of wood; a splinter.

speld2

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

present singular third person spelds · participle present spelding

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalTo split.

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pel-“to split”
  2. Proto-Germanic*speldą“splinter, board”
  3. Old Englishspeld“a splinter; a chip of wood; torch”
  4. Middle Englishspeld
  5. Englishspeld

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with speld

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APA

speld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speld

MLA

“speld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speld. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speld,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speld.

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