Etymology

Formed from vmbe (prep., adv.) + walt (v.).

PGmc Ancestor

*waltjan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

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

CC2ac

Attestation

Hapax legomenon; see further walt (v.).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Cl 1181

Bibliography

MED umbewalten (v. ) , OED umbe- , HTOED ; see further walt (v.).