# galt
## English
### Noun

galt
* Alternative form of gault

### References

* “galt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* LGAT

## 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
* (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, 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)
* (especially of cows) Not milch.
    An galta khùa is bèart nicht. ― An un-milch cow is worthless.
* (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.

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡalˀd]

### Noun

galt c (singular definite galten, plural indefinite galte)
* a castrated male pig.

#### Inflection
### See also

* orne
* gylt

### References

* “galt” in Den Danske Ordbog

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

galt
* 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)
* (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 $^1$⁄$_4$ mehr; ein galtes Pferd, Jährling oder älter, wie 2 Rinder; ein melkes Pferd mit dem Füllen $^1$⁄$_4$ mehr als das galte; 2 Kälber wie ein Rind, und 5 Schafe auch wie ein Rind.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “galt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

## Icelandic
### Verb

galt
* first-person singular past indicative of gjalda
* 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
* non-milch

#### Related terms

* galtalpe
* galtvihe

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: galt
* Cimbrian: galt
* German: galt

### Further reading

* “galt” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Adjective

galt
* neuter singular of gal

### Adverb

galt
* wrong

### References

* “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* galte

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑlt/

### Noun

galt m (definite singular galten, indefinite plural galtar, definite plural galtane)
* a male pig, especially one that is castrated
    Synonyms: hanngris, råne

### References

* “galt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* lagt

## Old Norse
### Verb

galt
* 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
* boar; male pig

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

galt
* supine of gala

### Anagrams

* lagt