spald

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spald

/spɔːld/

Rhymes with -ɔːld

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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”).

verb spalds · spalding · spalded

Northern England, Scotland To split.

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@misc{spald_2026,
  title = {spald},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spald},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}