spelt

Etymology 1

From spell + -t. See spell.

verb

1. (chiefly Britain) simple past and past participle of spell

Etymology 2

From Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt (“spelt, corn”), from Old Saxon spelta (“spelt”); or from Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”); all from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).

noun

1. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse spald.

noun

1. (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
2. (metalworking) Spelter.

verb

1. (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.