hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
simple past tense and past participle of spell
To split; to break; to spalt.
The word spelt comes from the verb spell with the addition of a past tense marker. Its original meaning is related to the act of writing or casting words.