verlëchne
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Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ver- + lëchne. Compare obsolete German verlechen (“to be cracked because of dehydration and heat”).
Verb
[edit]verlëchne
- (Uri, of wooden containers) To leak as a result of the wood being dehydrated, therefore being unable to reseal and hold the liquid inside.
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 17.