Old English · noun
bolt
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /bolt/[boɫt]
- Syllables
- bolt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- bolt
Meaning
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bolt
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bolt. Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.
Descendants
bolt
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