Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spelk
Participle: spelked
Gerund: spelking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spelk |
| you | spelk |
| he;she;it | spelks |
| we | spelk |
| you | spelk |
| they | spelk |
Perfect
| I | have spelked |
| you | have spelked |
| he;she;it | has spelked |
| we | have spelked |
| you | have spelked |
| they | have spelked |
Past
| I | spelked |
| you | spelked |
| he;she;it | spelked |
| we | spelked |
| you | spelked |
| they | spelked |
Pluperfect
| I | had spelked |
| you | had spelked |
| he;she;it | had spelked |
| we | had spelked |
| you | had spelked |
| they | had spelked |
Future
| I | will spelk |
| you | will spelk |
| he;she;it | will spelk |
| we | will spelk |
| you | will spelk |
| they | will spelk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spelked |
| you | will have spelked |
| he;she;it | will have spelked |
| we | will have spelked |
| you | will have spelked |
| they | will have spelked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spelk |
| you | spelk |
| he;she;it | spelk |
| we | spelk |
| you | spelk |
| they | spelk |
Perfect
| I | have spelked |
| you | have spelked |
| he;she;it | have spelked |
| we | have spelked |
| you | have spelked |
| they | have spelked |
Imperfect
| I | spelked |
| you | spelked |
| he;she;it | spelked |
| we | spelked |
| you | spelked |
| they | spelked |
Pluperfect
| I | had spelked |
| you | had spelked |
| he;she;it | had spelked |
| we | had spelked |
| you | had spelked |
| they | had spelked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spelk |
| you | would spelk |
| he;she;it | would spelk |
| we | would spelk |
| you | would spelk |
| they | would spelk |
Perfect
| I | would have spelked |
| you | would have spelked |
| he;she;it | would have spelked |
| we | would have spelked |
| you | would have spelked |
| they | would have spelked |
Imperative
| you | spelk |
| we | Let's spelk |
| you | spelk |
Verbs conjugated like 'spelk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spelk'
speak,
speck,
speld,
spell,
spelt,
belk,
kelk,
peak,
peck,
peek,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spelken, from Old English spelċan, from Proto-West Germanic *spalkijan, from Proto-Germanic *spalkijaną. Cognate with Old Norse spelkja. See: Proto-Germanic '
*spalkijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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A spelk is often a hazel of two or three years' growth. It is pointed at each end, and is three or four feet long, and is placed at right angles with the thatch to hold it down. Sometimes a bit of very neat work is displayed in the spelking of the thatch […] [1884, Notes and Queries, page 193:]