Read full poem →a fem, subst. meaning _bare hill_, and preceded by the
article _y_ becomes _voel_, in modern Welsh spelt _foel_. This
accounts for its being written without initial capital, the
Dictionary Entry
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. speltspelt sometimesspelt clearly
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Poetry examples for “spelt”
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Read full poem →significant, and ought therefore to be noted or preserved. But who is
to determine exactly which words are spelt according to the poet's own
instructions, and which according to the printer's whim? It is
Read full poem →252, 290, 1125). Another word the spelling of which in Paradise Lost
will be observed to vary is the pronoun their, which is spelt sometimes
thir. The spelling in the Cambridge manuscript is uniformly thire,
Read full poem →of the Divine Son after the battle in heaven (vi. 810-817) the pronouns
which the voice would naturally emphasize are spelt with the double
vowel:
Read full poem →Hayley compares him to Lear. See part third, _Life of Milton_, by W.
Hayley (or Hailey, as spelt in the edition before me).
Read full poem →But then 't was all fur Nettie's sake--I missed so's she could spell it.
She spelt the word, then looked at me so lovin'-like an' mello',
I tell you 't sent a hunderd pins a shootin' through a fello'.
Read full poem →a fine example of racy pre-Shakespearian English, it is delightful
reading, full of pleasant surprises in its queerly spelt words, which
amusingly indicate their origin and throw light on many words and
Read full poem →Implores the passing Tribute of a Sigh.
Their Name, their Years, spelt by th' unlettered Muse,
The Place of Fame and Elegy supply:
Read full poem →Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,
The place of fame and elegy supply;