- Spelt
- Spelt Spelt, n. [See {Spalt}.] (Metal.) Spelter. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
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Spelt — (Spelz) Sm Dinkel per. Wortschatz reg. (8. Jh.), mhd. spelte, spelze f., ahd. spelta, spelza f., as. spelta f Entlehnung. Wie ae. spelt entlehnt aus l. spelta f. Dieses scheint seinerseits ein Lehnwort aus dem Vorgänger von Spelze Getreidehülse… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Spelt — Spelt, Spelz: Die westgerm. Bezeichnung der Weizenart (mhd. spelte, spelze, ahd. spelta, spelza, niederl. spelt, ‹a›engl. spelt) gehört wohl zu der unter ↑ spalten behandelten Wortgruppe. Sie würde sich dann darauf beziehen, dass die Ähren beim… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
spelt — (n.) O.E. spelt, perhaps an early borrowing from L.L. spelta spelt (c.400, noted as a foreign word), which is perhaps ultimately from PIE root *spel to split, to break off (probably in reference to the splitting of its husks in threshing), which… … Etymology dictionary
Spelt — Spelt, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.) A species of grain ({Triticum Spelta}) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; called also {German wheat}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spelt — spelt1 [spelt] vt., vi. alt. pt. & pp. of SPELL2 spelt2 [spelt] n. [ME < OE < LL spelta < Gmc * speltō < IE base * (s)p(h)el , to split off > SPILL1] a primitive species (Triticum spelta) of wheat with grains that do not thresh… … English World dictionary
Spelt — Spelt, imp. & p. p. of {Spell}. Spelled. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spelt — Spelt, v. t. & i. [See {Spell} a splinter.] To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.] Mortimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spelt — [spelt] especially BrE the past tense and past participle of ↑spell … Dictionary of contemporary English
spelt — spelt·oid; spelt; … English syllables
spelt — sb., en (en hvedeart), i sms. spelt , fx speltbrød … Dansk ordbog
