elt
Abbreviation of element.
Noun
- Abbreviation of element.
Origin
Shortening.
Forms
Verb
- To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
- Du's eltin dat creature to death, boy!?
- To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
- Whin shü cam oot an fann me dere Wi peenie fairlins eltit.
- Mi böts ir a' eltit wi' glaar.
- He was elt(er)ed wi' gutters fae head to foot.
Synonyms: befoul soil stain assoil beclart bedaub bedirty imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth begrime beray beshit besmear besmirch besully bewray blacken blot blur clat contaminate darken
- To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
- To meddle; interfere.
- To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
- To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
Origin
From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“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”).