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weltered |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Welter \Wel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr & vb n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE walten to roll over AS wealtan akin to LG weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w["a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v[ae]lte, Sw v["a]ltra, v["a]lta; cf Goth. waltjan probably akin to E. wallow, well v. i. ????. See {Well}, v. i., and cf {Waltz}.] 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. --Latimer. These wizards welter in wealth's waves. --Spenser. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. --Milton. The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood. --Landor. 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over as billows. ``The weltering waves.'' --Milton. Waves that hardly weltering, die away --Wordsworth. Through this blindly weltering sea. --Trench.
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