spake3t

[ME., also spak, spac, Rob. of Brunne, Handlyng Synne, 1. 7486. den, spawden, Dan. spalte ), split, cleave; akin to speld, spell4; cf. spall1, spalel. Hence spalt1.] I.t trans. To splinter; chip. Be thane speris whare sproungene, spalddyd chippys. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), L. 3700, II. in trans. To founder, as a ship. [Prov. Eng., in form spaud.] spald2+ (spald), n. [Also (Sc.) spauld, spauld; The bul. The shoulder. Ly stille therin now and roste, I kepe nothynge of thi coste Ne noghte of thi spalde . Perceval, 1. 796. ( Hall i well.) lenand his spald to the stok of ane tre. Gavin Douglas, Æneid, xii. 410. spalder (spâlder), n. [