spjalk
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spelkō. Cognate to Old English spelc, spilc.
Noun
spjalk f
- splint
Descendants
- Westrobothnian: spjalk, spjålk
- Angermannic: spjälk, spjark
- Icelandic: spjálk
- Norwegian: spjelk
- Dalian: spjåk, spjåke
- Swedish: spjälka, spjälke (largely obsolete)
- Danish: spjælke, spjælk,
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- spjålk
Etymology
From Old Norse spjalk, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō. Related to spölu.
Noun
spjalk f
- A thin wooden shovel with short shaft to thereby turn or remove flatbread from the oven
- A thin splint, which is used in the weave string, when placed on the boom, to retain the so-called skel.