spald

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English spalden, from either Middle Dutch spalden (“to spilt”) or Middle Low German spalden (“to spilt”), ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan (“to destroy, spoil, ruin”). Cognate with German spalten (“to split”), Danish spalte (“to split”), Norwegian spalte (“to split”), Swedish spalta (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔːld/
• Rhymes: -ɔːld

Verb

spald (third-person singular simple present spalds, present participle spalding, simple past and past participle spalded)

1. (Northern England and Scotland) To split.

Related terms

• speld

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Middle English

Noun

spald

1. Alternative form of spawde