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(See the entry for “smolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
From Middle English smolt, smylt, from Old English smolt, smeolt (“mild, peaceful, serene, still, gentle, clear, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *smultaz, *smeltaz (“quiet, gentle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, make weak”). Cognate with Scots smolt (“calm”), Old Saxon smulto (“calmly”), Middle Dutch smolt, smout (“weak, gentle, quiet”), Middle High German smolz (“dear, lovely, beautiful, sheen”).
smolt (comparative more smolt, superlative most smolt)
Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). See above.
smolt (plural smolts)
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smolt
smolt m (plural smolts)
smolt m (definite singular smolten, indefinite plural smoltar, definite plural smoltane)
smolt n (definite singular smoltet, indefinite plural smolt, definite plural smolta)