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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speld

/spɛld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
speld
IPA
/spɛld/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chip of wood; a splinter.

Obsolete

verb

To split.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

spelds (plural) spelds (present, singular) spelding (participle, present)

Frequently Paired Words

spald

Rhymes With

held spelled compelled upheld smelled withheld weld swelled felled meld beheld quelled

Questions

How do you pronounce speld?
The recorded pronunciation is /spɛld/.
What does speld mean?
A chip of wood; a splinter.
Where does speld come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce speld

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