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spelt I. \ˈspelt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German & Middle Dutch spelte split piece of wood, Old High German spaltan to split; probably from the splitting of the husk during threshing — more at spill : a wheat (Triticum spelta) that is of no commercial importance in America but is grown to some extent in Germany and Switzerland and that has lax spikes with spikelets containing two light red kernels — called also speltz; compare emmer II. chiefly Britain past of spell |