speldering

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