Obs. rare. Also 5 smolte. [OE. smolt, = MLG. and LG. smolt (hence MDa., Norw., Icel. smolt, Sw. smult), MDu. and Du. smout, related to MLG. (and LG.) smalt, OHG. smalz (G. schmalz); both stems are ablaut-grades of *smeltan to melt: see SMELT v.] Lard, fat.
In the later quots. perh. after MLG. or MDu.
a. 1000. in Anglia, XIII. 404. Pinguedo, smolt.
a. 1100. in Napier, O. E. Lex., 58. Þær sculan eac ii fætte swyn up arisan to smolte.
1430. Maldon Court-Rolls (Bundle 18, No. 3), 1 barell. de smolte, et dimid. barell. de smolte.
1502. Arnolde, Chron. (1811), 74. Salt smolt, for the barel, iii d.
