far-welted, a. dial.
(ˈfɑːwɛltɪd)
Also far-, fow-, welter'd.
[f. welt v., a. ON. velta to overturn; the first element is perh. ON. fár harm, mischief, as in fár-veikr very ill.]
(See quots.)
| 1870 Tennyson North. Farmer, New Style viii, An 'e ligs on 'is back..Woorse nor a far-welter'd [footnote, Or fow-welter'd] yowe. 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Farwelted, overthrown; said of sheep. |