Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
speld
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
speld (plural spelds)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
speld (third-person singular simple present spelds, present participle spelding, simple past and past participle speld)
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To split.
- I'm gonna speld your head asunderǃ You worthless gat.
Related terms
References
Anagrams
Remove ads
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch speld, from Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.
Pronunciation
Noun
speld (plural spelde, diminutive speldjie)
Derived terms
- haakspeld
- speldekussing
Descendants
- → Kwanyama: oshipela
Dutch
Alternative forms
- spel (dialectal, Southern Dutch)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.
Pronunciation
Noun
speld f (plural spelden, diminutive speldje n)
Synonyms
- (pin): pin
Derived terms
- een speld kunnen horen vallen
- haarspeld
- krulspeld
- mouwspeld
- sierspeld
- speldenknop
- speldenkoker
- speldenkussen
- veiligheidsspeld
Descendants
Remove ads
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *speldą.
Pronunciation
Noun
speld n (nominative plural speld or speldra)
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads