Other definitions for spelt (2 of 2)
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
Origin of spelt
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How to use spelt in a sentence
As for the composition of the bread, it was likely made of common wheat and not spelt, as many historians postulate.
Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii | Alisha McDarris | September 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI too was taught the trade of man And spelt the lesson plain; But they, when I forgot and ran, Remembered and remain.
“ROMA” is a story about betrayal, but it was only after I finished writing it that I realized “ROMA” was AMOR spelt backwards.
The party was in despair, and Cameron brilliantly spelt out the need for change.
If he spelt it ethiques, no printer would have blundered and substituted checks.
I have therefore re-spelt it throughout, so as to shew the right pronunciation.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerBetter spelt pannage or paunage (Manwood has pawnage), as cited in Blount's Nomolexicon.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe first man who handed on the name Wilson (or Willson, as it is still sometimes spelt) was himself the "son of Will."
Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'NeillShakespeare refers to elves as ouphes, which is the same word as oaf and was formerly spelt aulf.
Archaic England | Harold Bayley
British Dictionary definitions for spelt (1 of 2)
/ (spɛlt) /
a past tense and past participle of spell 1
British Dictionary definitions for spelt (2 of 2)
/ (spɛlt) /
a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats
Origin of spelt
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