An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/belzen

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belzen, verb, ‘to graft,’ also pelzen; Middle High German belzen, Old High German belzôn with the same meaning; cognate with Provençal empeltar, ‘to graft,’ which, with French pelletier, ‘furrier’ (see Pelz), belongs to Latin pellis.