Etymology

Formed on walt.

PGmc Ancestor

*waltjan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

velta ‘to roll, roll over; turn out, happen’; velta ‘to roll, set rolling; (reflex.) turn oneself, rotate, descend’ 
(ONP velta (2) (vb.) and (3) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Icel velta, Norw velta, OSw vælta; Far velta, Icel velta, Norw velta, Dan vælte, Sw välta

OE Cognate

 (late WS) (ge)wyltan, (Angl.) -wæltan 'to roll'

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

CCC2c

Attestation

Recorded only from the Gaw MS, SJ and DT. Recorded by EDD in MnE N and N/EM dial.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 314

On the sense at Gaw 314, see PSn.

Bibliography

MED overwalten (v.) , OED3 overwalt (v.) , HTOED , EDD overwelt v. and sb., Dance ouerwalt