welter
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle Low German, from Proto-Germanic. Cognates include Old Norse velta (Danish vælte), German wälzen, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waltjan). Akin to wallow, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (walwjan) and Latin volvere.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛltə(r)
[edit] Noun
welter (plural welters)
[edit] Verb
welter (third-person singular simple present welters, present participle weltering, simple past and past participle weltered)
- (intransitive) to roll; to wallow
- (intransitive) to be soaked or steeped in; as, to welter in one’s own blood
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[edit] Adjective
welter
- Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
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[edit] Noun
welter m. inv.