Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: splet
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I Splette a fyſſhe a ſonder / as a pyke oꝛ lynge oꝛ ſuche lyke / Ie ouuers, coniugate in I open. Some ſplet their pyckes whan they bꝛoyle them / but I wolde bꝛoyle them hole: […]"
"[T]he Ship will leake: nay / one bouncinge billowe will ſplet the Bark in peeces."
"Oh the Dowl ſplet tha! who told theckee Strammer?"
"“Splet the thing;” cried Hallibert; “talk ye o’ return, guid wife?[…]”"
"e.Yks.¹ Ah laughed fit ta splet."

Etymology

From Dutch or Middle Low German spletten, obscurely related to split and spleet.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: -, spletten

Usage

Inflected Forms

splets (present, singular) spletting (participle, present) spletted (participle, past) spletted (past) splette (alternative)

Questions

What does splet mean?: To split.
Where does splet come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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