splet

Etymology

From Dutch or Middle Low German spletten, obscurely related to split and spleet.

verb

To split.“I Splette a fyſſhe a ſonder / as a pyke oꝛ lynge oꝛ ſuche lyke / Ie ouuers, coniugate in I open. Some ſplet their pyckes whan they bꝛoyle them / but I wolde bꝛoyle them hole: […]”