spald

From Middle Dutch spalden (“to spilt”) or Middle Low German spalden (“to spilt”). Cognate with German spalten (“to split”), Danish spalte (“to split”), Norwegian spalte (“to split”), Swedish spalta (“to split”).

• IPA^(key): /spɔːld/
• Rhymes: -ɔːld

spald (third-person singular simple present spalds, present participle spalding, simple past and past participle spalded)

1. (Northern England and Scotland) To split.

• speld

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language