spald
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).[1] Cognate with German spalten (“to split”), Danish spalte (“to split”), Norwegian spalte (“to split”), Swedish spalta (“to split”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spald (third-person singular simple present spalds, present participle spalding, simple past and past participle spalded)
- (Northern England and Scotland) To split.
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spill”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
spald
- Alternative form of spawde