spelc

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• Spelk — Spelk, n. [AS. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, akin to Icel. spelkur, pl., a splint. Cf. {Spell} a splinter.] A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [Prov …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• (s)p(h)elg- —     (s)p(h)elg     English meaning: to split, splinter     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spalten”     Note: (further formations from (s)p(h)el ds.)     Material: Arm. p”elk “langes Stũck wood or Stoff”; O.Ice. spjalkir pl. ‘speiler”, O.E. spelc, spilc… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• spelk — ˈspelk noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English spelke, from Old English spelc, spilc splint; akin to Old Norse spjalk splint, Middle Dutch spalke chip, Welsh fflochen splinter, Armenian p elk long piece of wood and probably to Old High German spaltan …   Useful english dictionary