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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bolverk or bulværk, from Middle Low German bolwerk. Superficially equivalent to bål (“bole; stem; sturdy plank”) + verk.
Doublet of bulevard. Cognate of German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk, English bulwark, French boulevard.
Noun
bålverk n
- (historical) bulwark
- (figurative) stronghold
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