splet

verb1

1. •
   (no longer used, rare) 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: […] — 1530