An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/balgen

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Balg

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

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2518599An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — balgenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

balgen, verb, literally ‘to talk angrily, quarrel,’ then ‘to cudgel’; derived from the verbal root belg, ‘to swell out,’ discussed under Balg; compare Old High German bëlgan, Middle High German bëlgen, meaning ‘to be angry.’