walterv.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɔːltə/,

/ˈwɒltə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔltər/,

/ˈwɑltər/

Forms: Middle English–1500s waltre, Middle English–1600s, 1800s dialect walter, Middle English waltyr, 1500s waulter, waultre, Scottish woltre, valter, 1500s Scottish, 1700s–1800s dialect wolter.

Etymology: Frequentative of walt v.: see -er suffix⁵. Compare welter v.¹

Obsolete exc. dialect.

I. Intransitive senses.

a. To roll to and fro, move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about

wevea1300

wallow1362

walterc1400

wentle1481

tumble1549

thrash1821

thresh1823

c1400 tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 203 He feled a þing þat was myȝti and þicke waltre and turne atwixe hym and his wif.

c1400 Sege Jerus. 735 Litel he slepiþ, Bot walwyþ & wyndiþ & waltreþ a-boute.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 136 [She] lyys walteryng..By the fyere.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xliii You walter peraduenture and tolter in syknes fro syde to syde.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 771/1 I walter, I tumble. Je me voystre. Hye you, your horse is walterynge yonder, he wyll breake his saddell but more happe be.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 565 So greit terrour in his mynd he tuke, That all that nycht he wolterit and he woik.

1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 11^v/2 Voluto, to turne or walter in myre as hogges doe.

1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 66, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The horse wil forsake his meate, & lye downe and wallow, and walter vpon the ground.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1276 Sardanapalus..tumbling and lying along, waltring among a sort of concubines.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 72 The Globe cannot walter or reel towards any side.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Walter, wolter, to roll and twist about on the ground; as corn laid by the wind and rain; or as one who is rolled in the mire.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) ‘The potatoes lie down and walter on the ground’, i.e. they remain lying.

b. Of a ship: To roll or be tossed on the waves.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > pitch and roll

travaila1393

totterc1400

walterc1400

labour1587

senda1625

to bruise the water1836

stagger1840

pant1869

to walk turkey1888

pound1903

slam1958

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 415 Hit waltered on þe wylde flod, went as hit lyste.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 18 Vpon the sey thay sufferit greit perrell,..Walterand with wind out throw y^e mudy wawis.

c. Of the stomach: To be upset or disturbed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > of person: feel nausea > of stomach

overcast?a1513

wamblea1529

walter?1544

turn1570

?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. C.iij It..maketh you[r st]omake sore to walter.

2. figurative. To wallow or revel in (prosperity, pleasure, sin).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > luxuriate [verb (intransitive)]

waltera1400

weltera1400

luxuriate1621

voluptuize1831

voluptuate1836

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 4503 Man þat walteres [Vesp. weltres] in his welis.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d ^v They are..lyke to brut beastes and swyne, Waltrynge in synfull wretchednes.

1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. Hij Trow you that such a one..wil willingly walter & wallow in his woful lustes, plesure and fantisies.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 25 If a man..walter in filthines like a Swyne.

a1599 R. Rollock Serm. (1616) xi. 208 The naturall man waltering and wallowing in sinne.

3. To swing or float to and fro. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > sway

wawc888

swang1340

waltera1375

swayve1377

swayc1500

nod1578

weave1596

showd1599

swing1607

swag1608

slinger1767

wintle1786

swale1820

daven1977

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 947 Þou waltres al in a weih & wel y vnderstande whider þe belaunce bremliest bouwes al-gate.

c1425 Cast. Persev. 2663 in Macro Plays 156 Nedys, my loue must on hym lende, With Coueytyse to walter & wave.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fii^v And some I make in a rope to totter and walter.

?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse iii. 29 The aungels gatheryng together y^e wicked wretches (which now walter and walowe as the worlde and wynde bloweth) to be tyed in bondels, and cast into the fier.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 44 He signifyis a mannis persoun That walteris betuix wynde and waw Into this warld ay vp and doun.

4. To move or go unsteadily; to totter, stumble. Also, to go with a rolling gait, to waddle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily

wiggle?c1225

walter1399

falterc1400

stammerc1400

dotterc1475

stavera1500

stumblea1500

reel1529

scamblec1571

halper1596

totter1602

folder1607

wamble1611

to make a Virginia fence1671

wandle1686

fribble1709

rock1718

stoit1719

stoiter1724

swagger1724

doddle1761

stotter1781

toit1786

doiter1793

stot1801

dodder1819

twaddle1823

teeter1844

shoggle1884

welter1884

warple1887

whemmel1895

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii 189 So lymed leues were leyde all aboute,..þat where so þey walkid, þey waltrid dounwardis.

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. ii He [Silenus] was, att that tyme, in Frygye, waltrynge and swaruyng what of wyn and of age.

1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 186 [An adder and her young] She..suffereth them to hang upon her back, and so waltereth to her hole.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 430 Wolter (as welter) [‘to goe aside, or heavily, as Women with Child, or Fat People’ (Ray 1691)].

5. Of waves: To surge or roll high. Of water, etc.: To flow, gush. Of a humour: To wander or ooze about the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > copiously

wallc893

bolkena1300

railc1390

gush?a1400

hella1400

walterc1400

yraylle1426

downpoura1522

pour1538

bolk1541

flush1548

sluice1593

teem1753

flux1823

swill1884

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > run high, surge, or heave

flash1387

lifta1400

walterc1400

waverc1425

welter1489

jaw1513

roll?1532

surge1566

billow1596

to run high1598

estuate1658

to run steep1894

roil1913

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [verb (intransitive)] > of humours: wander

walter1561

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 684 Wel much watȝ þe warme water þat waltered of yȝen.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 142 Þe wawes ful wode waltered so hiȝe.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. E.ij The fomy floud..waltring down the vales.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 23 The unnaturall or evell sweate is it that..waltereth only about the harte.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 36 Somtyme growe apostemes in the loynes of humors that are waltering and straying in the body.

1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes xvii. 84 Streames of teares waltering downe his cheekes.

II. Transitive senses.

6. To roll about, toss to and fro. Also figurative. Also reflexive, to sprawl or wallow (on the ground, in the mire, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > cause to roll or tumble about

walterc1380

overwhelve?c1400

welterc1425

flounder1654

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (reflexive)] > toss about or wallow

walterc1380

welter1535

tumble1577

swash1583

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 204 And he [sc. the demoniac], cast doun in þe erþe, was waltrid and froþid [Vulg. Mark ix. 19 volutabatur spumans].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 21113 Quik þai haue his bodi flaine. & waltered him in barli chaf.

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii Þei smyteth þe grounde with the foote and walters hem as an horse.

c1450 Cov. Myst. 342 The fete..ar ful wete, Walterid in blood.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. tt.iii Euen as an hors the softer myre or cley he waltreth hymselfe in the more easely he lyeth.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 23 Quhill the cuntrie was walterit to and fra in this maner.

1578 J. Fisher Spirituall Consol. (ed. 2) sig. Aviii^v The Sowe..waultering hir self in y^e myerie puddle.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 63 In seas far waltred, he groyleth.

7. To overturn, overthrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset

to-turna1382

everse?a1425

over-terve?a1425

bestourn1484

renverse1521

transverse1557

evert1566

walter1571

topsy-turn1573

topsy-turve1603

topsy-turvy1626

bouleverse1673

whemmel1721

reverse1768

upset1818

to knock galley-west1875

topsy-turvify1886

topsy-turvyize1893

1571 J. Maitland in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxvii. 71 Bewar! we may be walteritt [v.rr. weltred, wolterit] or we witt, And lykwayis Loss our land and libertie.

8. dialect uses (see quots.).

ΚΠ

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Walter, Wolter, to cause extreme fatigue... ‘I am right-on woltered out, by my day's work’.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Walthered, mired or stuck in a boggy road, or swampy place. ‘Whiles in the mornin' I find the branches of the trees all walthered and smashed’, broken down into the mire.

Derivatives

ˈwaltering n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > surging, rolling, or heaving

walteringc1400

washing?1473

rolling1485

walterc1540

surging1585

boil1805

welteringa1807

seethe1816

ride1822

whelm1842

welter1849

washing in1877

wash1883

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > rolling or tumbling about

waltering1528

floundering1726

rumble-tumble1811

flounder1867

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > rolling or tumbling about

tumblingc1374

waltering1528

floundering1592

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 247 A wylde walterande whal..bi þat bot flotte.

1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 128 Quhare I mycht se The woltryng [v.r. waltreyng] of the wallis vp and doun.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bi Whoes waltring tongs did lick their hissing mouthes.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Waltrynge or full of wallowynge, volutabundus.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1357 in Shorter Poems (1967) 88 Innowmerabill folk I saw flottrand in fere, Quhilk peryst on the weltrand [1579 Edinb. walterand] wallys were.

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxvi. 99 So pride hath hym puft: by his waltering wealth.

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 44 As a man dizzie with the waltering of a vessel, tossed by the hollowe waues of raging seas.

1588 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur iii. Chor. 42 The windes, that sweepe the waltering waues.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	walter
释义	† waltern. Forms: Also Scottish1500s volter, woltir, 1500s–1600s wolter. Etymology: < walter v.¹ Compare welter n.¹ Obsolete. 1. The rolling of the sea in a storm. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > surging, rolling, or heaving walteringc1400 washing?1473 rolling1485 walterc1540 surging1585 boil1805 welteringa1807 seethe1816 ride1822 whelm1842 welter1849 washing in1877 wash1883 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3699 So þe bre and the brethe burbelit to gedur, þat hit spirit vp spitiously fyue speire lenght With walter and wawes. 2. The act of wallowing (in mire); in quot. 1577 concrete, a wallowing-place. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > muddiness > wallowing in mud > place walter1577 1577 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies (1579) To Rdr. *1 The Lord..reuengeth the shameful contempt and neglect of his truth: by sending numbers to their stie or walter againe. 3. An upset, upheaval, overthrow. literal* and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder > upset or overturn walter1563 overturnc1592 renversinga1614 bouleversation1667 versation1716 bouleversement1814 whemmel1817 upset1866 upsettal1890 upsetment1893 1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 49 I began nocht litill to merwel at sa haisty and sa subdane a wolter of this warlde in sa mony grete materis. 1563 Randolph Let. to Cecil 10 Apr. in Cal. Sc. Papers II. 5 Yf ther come such a volter in thys realme, that ever that man come agayne into credyt. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 221 He spak mekle of the Woltir of the religioune [L. de religione apud nos evertenda]. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 379 (Scott. Prov.) If I can get his cart at a wolter [1670, p. 282 at a whelming], I shall lend it a put. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). walterv.¹ Brit. /ˈwɔːltə/, /ˈwɒltə/, U.S. /ˈwɔltər/, /ˈwɑltər/ Forms: Middle English–1500s waltre, Middle English–1600s, 1800s dialect walter, Middle English waltyr, 1500s waulter, waultre, Scottish woltre, valter, 1500s Scottish, 1700s–1800s dialect wolter. Etymology: Frequentative of walt v.: see -er suffix⁵. Compare welter v.¹ Obsolete exc. dialect. I. Intransitive senses. 1. a. To roll to and fro, move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about wevea1300 wallow1362 walterc1400 wentle1481 tumble1549 thrash1821 thresh1823 c1400 tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 203 He feled a þing þat was myȝti and þicke waltre and turne atwixe hym and his wif. c1400 Sege Jerus. 735 Litel he slepiþ, Bot walwyþ & wyndiþ & waltreþ a-boute. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 136 [She] lyys walteryng..By the fyere. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xliii You walter peraduenture and tolter in syknes fro syde to syde. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 771/1 I walter, I tumble. Je me voystre. Hye you, your horse is walterynge yonder, he wyll breake his saddell but more happe be. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 565 So greit terrour in his mynd he tuke, That all that nycht he wolterit and he woik. 1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 11^v/2 Voluto, to turne or walter in myre as hogges doe. 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. f. 66, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The horse wil forsake his meate, & lye downe and wallow, and walter vpon the ground. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1276 Sardanapalus..tumbling and lying along, waltring among a sort of concubines. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 72 The Globe cannot walter or reel towards any side. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Walter, wolter, to roll and twist about on the ground; as corn laid by the wind and rain; or as one who is rolled in the mire. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) ‘The potatoes lie down and walter on the ground’, i.e. they remain lying. b. Of a ship: To roll or be tossed on the waves. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > pitch and roll travaila1393 totterc1400 walterc1400 labour1587 senda1625 to bruise the water1836 stagger1840 pant1869 to walk turkey1888 pound1903 slam1958 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 415 Hit waltered on þe wylde flod, went as hit lyste. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 18 Vpon the sey thay sufferit greit perrell,..Walterand with wind out throw y^e mudy wawis. c. Of the stomach: To be upset or disturbed. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > of person: feel nausea > of stomach overcast?a1513 wamblea1529 walter?1544 turn1570 ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. C.iij It..maketh you[r st]omake sore to walter. 2. figurative. To wallow or revel in (prosperity, pleasure, sin). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > luxuriate [verb (intransitive)] waltera1400 weltera1400 luxuriate1621 voluptuize1831 voluptuate1836 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 4503 Man þat walteres [Vesp. weltres] in his welis. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d ^v They are..lyke to brut beastes and swyne, Waltrynge in synfull wretchednes. 1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. Hij Trow you that such a one..wil willingly walter & wallow in his woful lustes, plesure and fantisies. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 25 If a man..walter in filthines like a Swyne. a1599 R. Rollock Serm. (1616) xi. 208 The naturall man waltering and wallowing in sinne. 3. To swing or float to and fro. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > sway wawc888 swang1340 waltera1375 swayve1377 swayc1500 nod1578 weave1596 showd1599 swing1607 swag1608 slinger1767 wintle1786 swale1820 daven1977 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 947 Þou waltres al in a weih & wel y vnderstande whider þe belaunce bremliest bouwes al-gate. c1425 Cast. Persev. 2663 in Macro Plays 156 Nedys, my loue must on hym lende, With Coueytyse to walter & wave. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fii^v And some I make in a rope to totter and walter. ?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse iii. 29 The aungels gatheryng together y^e wicked wretches (which now walter and walowe as the worlde and wynde bloweth) to be tyed in bondels, and cast into the fier. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 44 He signifyis a mannis persoun That walteris betuix wynde and waw Into this warld ay vp and doun. 4. To move or go unsteadily; to totter, stumble. Also, to go with a rolling gait, to waddle. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily wiggle?c1225 walter1399 falterc1400 stammerc1400 dotterc1475 stavera1500 stumblea1500 reel1529 scamblec1571 halper1596 totter1602 folder1607 wamble1611 to make a Virginia fence1671 wandle1686 fribble1709 rock1718 stoit1719 stoiter1724 swagger1724 doddle1761 stotter1781 toit1786 doiter1793 stot1801 dodder1819 twaddle1823 teeter1844 shoggle1884 welter1884 warple1887 whemmel1895 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii 189 So lymed leues were leyde all aboute,..þat where so þey walkid, þey waltrid dounwardis. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. ii He [Silenus] was, att that tyme, in Frygye, waltrynge and swaruyng what of wyn and of age. 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 186 [An adder and her young] She..suffereth them to hang upon her back, and so waltereth to her hole. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 430 Wolter (as welter) [‘to goe aside, or heavily, as Women with Child, or Fat People’ (Ray 1691)]. 5. Of waves: To surge or roll high. Of water, etc.: To flow, gush. Of a humour: To wander or ooze about the body. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > copiously wallc893 bolkena1300 railc1390 gush?a1400 hella1400 walterc1400 yraylle1426 downpoura1522 pour1538 bolk1541 flush1548 sluice1593 teem1753 flux1823 swill1884 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > run high, surge, or heave flash1387 lifta1400 walterc1400 waverc1425 welter1489 jaw1513 roll?1532 surge1566 billow1596 to run high1598 estuate1658 to run steep1894 roil1913 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [verb (intransitive)] > of humours: wander walter1561 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 684 Wel much watȝ þe warme water þat waltered of yȝen. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 142 Þe wawes ful wode waltered so hiȝe. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. E.ij The fomy floud..waltring down the vales. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 23 The unnaturall or evell sweate is it that..waltereth only about the harte. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 36 Somtyme growe apostemes in the loynes of humors that are waltering and straying in the body. 1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes xvii. 84 Streames of teares waltering downe his cheekes. II. Transitive senses. 6. To roll about, toss to and fro. Also figurative. Also reflexive, to sprawl or wallow (on the ground, in the mire, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > cause to roll or tumble about walterc1380 overwhelve?c1400 welterc1425 flounder1654 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (reflexive)] > toss about or wallow walterc1380 welter1535 tumble1577 swash1583 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 204 And he [sc. the demoniac], cast doun in þe erþe, was waltrid and froþid [Vulg. Mark ix. 19 volutabatur spumans]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 21113 Quik þai haue his bodi flaine. & waltered him in barli chaf. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii Þei smyteth þe grounde with the foote and walters hem as an horse. c1450 Cov. Myst. 342 The fete..ar ful wete, Walterid in blood. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. tt.iii Euen as an hors the softer myre or cley he waltreth hymselfe in the more easely he lyeth. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 23 Quhill the cuntrie was walterit to and fra in this maner. 1578 J. Fisher Spirituall Consol. (ed. 2) sig. Aviii^v The Sowe..waultering hir self in y^e myerie puddle. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 63 In seas far waltred, he groyleth. 7. To overturn, overthrow. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset to-turna1382 everse?a1425 over-terve?a1425 bestourn1484 renverse1521 transverse1557 evert1566 walter1571 topsy-turn1573 topsy-turve1603 topsy-turvy1626 bouleverse1673 whemmel1721 reverse1768 upset1818 to knock galley-west1875 topsy-turvify1886 topsy-turvyize1893 1571 J. Maitland in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxvii. 71 Bewar! we may be walteritt [v.rr. weltred, wolterit] or we witt, And lykwayis Loss our land and libertie. 8. dialect uses (see quots.). ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Walter, Wolter, to cause extreme fatigue... ‘I am right-on woltered out, by my day's work’. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Walthered, mired or stuck in a boggy road, or swampy place. ‘Whiles in the mornin' I find the branches of the trees all walthered and smashed’, broken down into the mire. Derivatives ˈwaltering n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > surging, rolling, or heaving walteringc1400 washing?1473 rolling1485 walterc1540 surging1585 boil1805 welteringa1807 seethe1816 ride1822 whelm1842 welter1849 washing in1877 wash1883 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > rolling or tumbling about waltering1528 floundering1726 rumble-tumble1811 flounder1867 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > rolling or tumbling about tumblingc1374 waltering1528 floundering1592 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 247 A wylde walterande whal..bi þat bot flotte. 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 128 Quhare I mycht se The woltryng [v.r. waltreyng] of the wallis vp and doun. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bi Whoes waltring tongs did lick their hissing mouthes. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Waltrynge or full of wallowynge, volutabundus. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1357 in Shorter Poems (1967) 88 Innowmerabill folk I saw flottrand in fere, Quhilk peryst on the weltrand [1579 Edinb. walterand] wallys were. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxvi. 99 So pride hath hym puft: by his waltering wealth. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 44 As a man dizzie with the waltering of a vessel, tossed by the hollowe waues of raging seas. 1588 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur iii. Chor. 42 The windes, that sweepe the waltering waues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † walterv.² Scottish. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To be without, lack. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack wantc1175 missa1300 tharnc1300 to fail of1307 lackc1320 fault1377 failc1380 wanea1400 defaultc1425 to want ofc1425 walter1463 fault?1504 to defail of1556 to want for1560 scant1565 inlaik1568 impaira1626 to bate of1633 1463 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 21 The said Johne [sall remane] at the hous of the said myln and vesy thame daylie at thai walter nocht na behuifull thing to thame that he aucht to find, and gif at thai walter acht in his default, sa that thairthrow the myle be ydill [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1540v.¹a1375v.²1463
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