An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/bölken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2552748An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — bölkenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

bölken, verb, ‘to roar, bleat,’ Modern High German only, and perhaps cognate with bellen, which had formerly a wider signification than in Modern High German; compare Dutch bulken, ‘to bellow, bleat.’