An archaic or dialectal term possibly referring to a bundle, stack, or heap; origin and meaning are obscure.
Origin uncertain; possibly related to Old English or Germanic roots meaning to swell or bunch up. The term appears sporadically in historical texts without clear lineage.
Words like 'bult' appear in old English dialects but then vanish—they're like linguistic ghosts that remind us that medieval English had dozens of regional variations we've completely lost!
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