speld
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Etymology 1 edit
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”).
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speld (plural spelds)
Etymology 2 edit
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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.
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Etymology edit
From Dutch speld, from Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.
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speld (plural spelde, diminutive speldjie)
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- → Kwanyama: oshipela
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- spel (dialectal, Southern Dutch)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch spelde, from older spelle, from Latin spīnula, diminutive of spīna.
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speld f (plural spelden, diminutive speldje n)
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- (pin): pin
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- een speld kunnen horen vallen
- haarspeld
- krulspeld
- mouwspeld
- sierspeld
- speldenknop
- speldenkoker
- speldenkussen
- veiligheidsspeld
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From Proto-Germanic *speldą.
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speld n (nominative plural speld or speldra)
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- nl:Sewing
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