An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/dahlen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Dalles
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry dahlen. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2518633An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — dahlenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ dahlen, verb, ‘to talk nonsense,’ from the Low German; compare English to dally (the initial d indicates that the word was borrowed), which is traced back to Old Icelandic þylja, ‘to chatter.’

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