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speldered

speldered is the simple past and past participle of spelder.

Meaning of spelder

Verb

spelder (third-person singular simple present spelders, present participle speldering, simple past and past participle speldered)

  1. (Scotland) To split apart.
    • By St. Andrew ! were he within reach of my hand I could spelder him by one stroke of my axe, yea, spelder him as I would a haddock ! " he added, as another volley of shot and arrows whizzed and rattled on the rocks around them.1860, James Grant, Mary of Lorraine, page 407
  2. (Scotland) To spread out; to sprawl.
    • So there was he hingin' by a line an' speldering on the craig face, whaur its hieest and steighest.1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Tale of Tod Lapraik
  3. (Yorkshire, dialectal) To spell.
    • Gul. How do you spell it ? Mar. Nay, makins, I knaw nought o speldering — I'se nea scollard.1792, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments

Questions about speldered

What is speldered the simple past and past participle of?
Speldered is the simple past and past participle of spelder.

Words near speldered in the dictionary

  1. spelched
  2. spelches
  3. spelching
  4. speld
  5. spelder
  6. speldered
  7. speldering
  8. spelders
  9. Speldhurst
  10. spelding
  11. speldings

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