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English

Noun

galt

1. Alternative form of gault

Anagrams

• LGAT

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German galt, 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 *galan? (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).

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.) [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, abgerufen am 23.05.2020.

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German galt, 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 *galan? (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).

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.

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, abgerufen am 23.05.2020.

German

Pronunciation

Verb

galt

1. first/third-person singular preterite of gelten

Icelandic

Verb

galt

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

galt

1. neuter singular of gal

Adverb

galt

1. wrong

References

• “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• galte

Etymology

From Old Norse galti, galtr, g?ltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lt/ (example of 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

References

• “galt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lagt

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish galter, from Old Norse g?ltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtô.

Noun

galt c

1. boar; male pig

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

galt

1. supine of gala.

Anagrams

• lagt

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt
• IPA^(key): /???t/
• Homophone: guilt

Etymology 1

Formed in English from the verb gild (“to cover in gold”). Compare gold and German Geld.

Noun

gilt (usually uncountable, plural gilts)

1. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
   1. (uncountable, by extension) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
2. (uncountable, slang) Money.
3. (countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
4. (obsolete, uncountable) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.

Derived terms

• take the gilt off the gingerbread

Translations

Adjective

gilt (comparative more gilt, superlative most gilt)

1. Golden coloured.

Translations

Verb

gilt

1. simple past tense and past participle of gild

Related terms

• parcel gilt

References

• “gilt, n.2.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2018

Etymology 2

See geld.

Noun

gilt (plural gilts)

1. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

gilt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of gillen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of gillen

Anagrams

• ligt

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lt/

Verb

gilt

1. inflection of gelten:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Karakalpak

Noun

gilt

1. key

Old Norse

Adjective

gilt

1. strong neuter nominative singular of gildr
2. strong neuter accusative singular of gildr