(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of spell

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter. / (metalworking) Spelter.

(obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.

present participle of spell

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. / (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. / A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. / (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

(transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

(transitive) To work in place of (someone). / (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break. / (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.