walt
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
To roll; tumble
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo roll; tumble
- 2
obsoleteTo turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
Etymology
From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną (“to roll; roll about”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen (“to wallow; roll”), Danish vælte (“to tumble; overthrow”), Swedish välta (“to roll; tumble over; overthrow”). Related to waltz.
adjective
- 1
archaicunsteady; crank
Etymology
From Middle English *walt, from Old English *wealt (attested in unwealt (“not given to roll; steady”), sinwealt (“circular, eternally rolling”)), from Proto-Germanic *waltaz (“changing; unstable”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”).
Forms
- comparative
- more walt
- superlative
- most walt
- past tense
- walted
- past participle
- walted
- present participle
- walting
- third person singular
- walts