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Spelted vs Swelted - What's the difference?

spelted | swelted |

As verbs the difference between spelted and swelted

is that spelted is past tense of spelt while swelted is past tense of swelt.

spelted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spelt)

    • spelt

    English

    Etymology 1

    See (spell)

    Alternative forms

    * spelled (qualifier)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, British) (spell)
  • * 1590 , (William Shakespeare), , v 1
    • Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?

    Usage notes

    The form spelt'' may predominate over ''spelled in parts of North America with heavier English settlement since the 19th century. One such place is Utah.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species Triticum spelta.
    • See also
    * (wikipedia "spelt") * emmer * farro

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) spalden, or (etyl) spald.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
  • (metalworking) spelter

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.
    • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    swelted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (swelt)

    • Anagrams

    *

    swelt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Old English sweltan. Cognate to Dutch .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialect) To die.
  • (obsolete, outside, dialect) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (swell)

    • Anagrams

    *