spelt

[ spelt ]

/ spɛlt /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of spell¹.

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Words nearby spelt

spelling bee, spelling pronunciation, spelling reform, Spellman, spell out, spelt, spelter, spelunk, spelunker, Spemann, spence

Other definitions for spelt (2 of 2)

spelt²

[ spelt ]

/ spɛlt /

noun

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

before 1000; Middle English, Old English from Late Latin spelta, probably from Germanic; compare Old High German spelza (German 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-Science
I too was taught the trade of man And spelt the lesson plain; But they, when I forgot and ran, Remembered and remain.
Judge Not the Deserters|Charles Glass|May 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“ROMA” is a story about betrayal, but it was only after I finished writing it that I realized “ROMA” was AMOR spelt backwards.
Literary City: Deborah Levy’s London|Henry Krempels|February 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The party was in despair, and Cameron brilliantly spelt out the need for change.
The Cameron Option|Peter Oborne|November 12, 2008|DAILY BEAST

If he spelt it ethiques, no printer would have blundered and substituted checks.
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
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 Chaucer
Better 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 Chaucer
The 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'Neill
Shakespeare 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)

spelt¹

/ (spɛlt) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of spell 1

British Dictionary definitions for spelt (2 of 2)

spelt²

/ (spɛlt) /

noun

a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats

Word Origin for spelt

Old English; related to Old Saxon spelta, Old High German spelza

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