Middle English Dictionary Entry
spelt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spelt n. Also spelte, spilt. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Spelt (Triticum spelta); also, the grain of this plant.
Associated quotations
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)541/6 : Planta: spelt.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52225/4 : Item, per manus le scalk pro spelt per ipsum empt' ibidem pro putura, j duc. xvj s.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)230a/a : Som grayn is nouþer in codde nouþer in hole, as barlich and spilt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)170b/a : It is of whete mele or barly or spelte incorporate with ȝolkez of eiren.