spelder

verb3

1. •
   (Scotland) To split apart.

   • Outside the kitchen window was a small patch of green, monopolised by various boards laid on rough trestles, which held rows and rows of saith, ling, and cod, all 'speldered' and drying in the sun. — 1930
2. •
   (Scotland) To spread out; to sprawl.

   • So there was he hingin' by a line an' speldering on the craig face, whaur its hieest and steighest. — 1893
3. •
   (dialect) To spell.

   • Gul. How do you spell it ? Mar. Nay, makins, I knaw nought o speldering — I'se nea scollard. — 1792