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spelt
CEFRA1
/ˈspɛlt/
verb · adjective
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In plain English
- 01
verb
Past form of spell; wrote the letters of a word.
- 02
verb
Extra detailA grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
Examples
The plant's closure spelt disaster for the town.
There are many kinds of flour: wheat flour, spelt flour, rye flour, and many others.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsA thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
simple past and past participle of spell
adjective
Extra meaningOf dried beans: pounded, crushed, or split.
More examples
In contextYes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?
[H]alfe an houre after give him a pottell of Oates and a pinte of ſpelt Beanes, then a ſmall bottel of Hay: […]
Theſe loaves baked and cooled, after three days cut off the Cruſt, and with Oats well dryed and rubbed between your hands, being alſo winnowed and ſifted, and a quantity of the beſt ſpelt Beans; […]
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Origin
verb
From Late Middle English spelde (past tense) and spelled, ispeled, ispelled (past participles). The past tense reflects an early Middle English syncopation of spellede, while the past participle remained largely disyllabic until the general Early Modern English reduction of the -ed suffix. In both cases, once the medial vowel was lost, the final alveolar stop underwent phonetic devoicing after the sonorant /l/, resulting in the modern -t spelling. Compare dwelt, felt, and smelt. By surface analysis, spell + -t.