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galt

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See also: Galt and gâlt

English

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Noun

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galt

  1. Alternative form of gault

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Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German galt.

Compare Cimbrian galt (not milch; barren), Carinthian galt (infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)), Swabian gall ((of sheep) not pregnant), German gelt (infertile), Tyrolean galt (unfarmed land), Danish gold (barren; sterile; not milch), Old Swedish galdvider (barren tree).

Adjective

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galt

  1. (Uri, of cows) Not milch.

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  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
  • galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, retrieved 25 May 2020.

Cimbrian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German galt.

Compare Alemannic German galt (not milch), Carinthian galt (infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)), Swabian gall ((of sheep) not pregnant), German gelt (infertile), Tyrolean galt (unfarmed land), Danish gold (barren; sterile; not milch), Old Swedish galdvider (barren tree).

Adjective

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galt (Sette Comuni)

  1. (especially of cows) Not milch.
    An galta khùa is bèart nicht.An un-milch cow is worthless.
  2. (also of human women) barren, infertile

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References

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  • “galt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  • galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, retrieved 23 May 2020.

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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galt

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of gelten

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German galt.

Compare Alemannic German galt (not milch), Cimbrian galt (not milch), Carinthian galt (infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)), Swabian gall ((of sheep) not pregnant), German gelt (infertile), Tyrolean galt (unfarmed land), Danish gold (barren; sterile; not milch), Old Swedish galdvider (barren tree).

Adjective

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galt (strong nominative masculine singular galter, not comparable)

  1. (Upper German) non-milch
    Synonym: gelt
    Antonym: melk
    • 1859, Das Landbuch, oder offizielle Sammlung der Gesetze, Beschlüsse und Verordnungen des Eidgenössischen Kantons Ury[1], volume 2, Buchdruckerei von J. J. Högger, page 138:
      Es soll daher folgendes billiges Verhältniß hier angenommen und befolgt werden: Das Rind, sei es Zeit- oder Meißrind, wird als Norm oder Maßstab angenommen; die galte Kuh 14 mehr; ein galtes Pferd, Jährling oder älter, wie 2 Rinder; ein melkes Pferd mit dem Füllen 14 mehr als das galte; 2 Kälber wie ein Rind, und 5 Schafe auch wie ein Rind.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Icelandic

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Verb

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galt

  1. first-person singular past indicative of gjalda
  2. third-person singular past indicative of gjalda

Middle High German

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Etymology

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From Old High German galt, perhaps the past participle of galan (to sing, do magic, bewitch) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (to shout, yell; to charm; to sing).

Adjective

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galt

  1. non-milch

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Alemannic German: galt
  • Cimbrian: galt
  • German: galt

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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galt

  1. neuter singular of gal

Adverb

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galt

  1. wrong

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse galti, galtr, gǫltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtuz.

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Noun

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galt m (definite singular galten, indefinite plural galtar, definite plural galtane)

  1. a male pig, especially one that is castrated
    Synonyms: hanngris, råne

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Old Norse

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Verb

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galt

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of gjalda

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish galter, from Old Norse gǫltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtô.

Noun

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galt c

  1. boar; male pig
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Declension of galt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite galt galts
definite galten galtens
plural indefinite galtar galtars
definite galtarna galtarnas

Etymology 2

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Verb

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galt

  1. supine of gala

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