spelk

English

Etymology

From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (“bast, splint”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɛlk/

Noun

spelk (plural spelks)

(Northern English) A splinter, usually of wood.
(Northern English) A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
(Northern English) A rod or switch.
(aeronautics, space) Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.

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.
- 1884, Notes and Queries (page 193)
  A spelk is often a hazel of two or three years' growth. It is pointed at each end, and is three or four feet long, and is placed at right angles with the thatch to hold it down. Sometimes a bit of very neat work is displayed in the spelking of the thatch […]

References

Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,

Anagrams

kelps, skelp

单词	spelk
释义	spelk English Etymology From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-Germanic spelkō, spalkō, spalkuz (“bast, splint”). Pronunciation IPA^(key): /spɛlk/ Noun spelk* (plural spelks) (Northern English) A splinter, usually of wood. (Northern English) A wooden splinter caught under the skin. (Northern English) A rod or switch. (aeronautics, space) Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg. 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. 1884, Notes and Queries (page 193) A spelk is often a hazel of two or three years' growth. It is pointed at each end, and is three or four feet long, and is placed at right angles with the thatch to hold it down. Sometimes a bit of very neat work is displayed in the spelking of the thatch […] References Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977 The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, Anagrams kelps, skelp
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