"Thrice happy he whose name has been well __": Byron (5)

I believe the answer is:

spelt

(Other definitions for spelt that I've seen before include "Variety of wheat" , "Made up a word" , "Kind of wheat" , "An old type of wheat" , "grain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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