spelk

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɛlk/ Rhymes: -ɛlk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-West Germanic *spelku, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (“bast, splint”). Cognate with Old Norse spjalkir (“bars, rails”, plural). ==== Noun ==== spelk (plural spelks) (Northumbria, Cumbria) A splinter, usually of wood. (Northumbria, Cumbria) A wooden splinter caught under the skin. (Northern English) A rod or switch. (aerospace) Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English spelken, from Old English spelċan, from Proto-West Germanic *spalkijan, from Proto-Germanic *spalkijaną. Cognate with Old Norse spelkja. ==== Verb ==== spelk (third-person singular simple present spelks, present participle spelking, simple past and past participle spelked) (transitive, Northern English) To use a spelk in or on. === References === Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1] Frank Graham, editor (1987), “SPELK”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “spelk”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “spelk”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[2], archived from the original on 5 September 2024. “Spelk”, in Palgrave’s Word List: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[3], archived from the original on 5 September 2024, from F[rancis] M[ilnes] T[emple] Palgrave, A List of Words and Phrases in Everyday Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham […] (Publications of the English Dialect Society; 74), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1896, →OCLC. === Anagrams === kelps, skelp