tolter

English

Etymology

From Middle English *tolteren, from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Doublet of totter.

Verb

tolter (third-person singular simple present tolters, present participle toltering, simple past and past participle toltered)

(UK, dialect) To flounder about.

Anagrams

Lotter, lettor, tetrol, tortle

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