eldertongue

Old English · noun

speld

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/speld/
[speɫd]
Syllables
speld (1 syllable)
Modern English
splinterspeldspillspellthin

Meaning

  1. splinter

  2. a thin piece of wood used as a torch; torch

Declension

Declension of speld
SingularPlural
Nominative speldspeldspeldra
Accusative speldspeldspeldra
Genitive speldesspelda
Dative speldespeldum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *speldą.

Descendants

speld, spell, spill

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