galt

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See also: Galt and gâlt

English

Noun

galt

  1. Alternative form of gault

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Alemannic German

Etymology

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

galt

  1. (Uri, of cows) Not milch.

References

  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) , 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

Etymology

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

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

Declension

References

  • “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

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Verb

galt

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of gelten

Etymology 2

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

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, 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.
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Declension

Further reading

Icelandic

Verb

galt

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

Middle High German

Etymology

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

galt

  1. non-milch

Declension

Descendants

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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

galt

  1. neuter singular of gal

Adverb

galt

  1. wrong

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Verb

galt

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

galt c

  1. boar; male pig
Declension
Declension of galt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative galt galten galtar galtarna
Genitive galts galtens galtars galtarnas

Etymology 2

Verb

galt

  1. supine of gala

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