Middle English Dictionary Entry

speld(e n.
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Note: Cp. spelk(e n.
1.
(a) A spark; (b) a chip of wood; a splinter; coll. broken bones, etc. [quot. 1440]; also, a thin strip of metal [last quot.]; (c) ~ hat, ?a hat made of plaited strips of wood or willows [cp. splet(e n.(1) (a)]; (d) in place name [see Smith PNElem.2.136].

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spelt.