elt

See also: ELT and élt

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

From Middle English elten, a borrowing from Old Norse elta (to chase, hunt, knead), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (to drive, force, move), from Proto-Indo-European *ela-, *el(ʷ)-, *lā- (to drive, move, go). Cognate with Danish ælte (to knead), Swedish älta (to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead), Norwegian elte (to knead), Norwegian elta (to pursue, plod), Icelandic elta (to chase).

Verb

elt (third-person singular simple present elts, present participle elting, simple past and past participle elted)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
  3. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
  4. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To meddle; interfere.
  5. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
  6. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

elt (plural elts)

  1. (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of element.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

elt

  1. imperative of elte
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