An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/belzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
belzen
Friedrich Kluge2506159An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — belzen1891John Francis Davis

belzen, vb., ‘to graft,’ also pelzen; MidHG. belzen, OHG. belzôn with the same meaning; cognate with Provenç. empeltar, ‘to graft,’ which, with Fr. pelletier, ‘furrier’ (see Pelz), belongs to Lat. pellis.