Welter is defined as to roll around in, or be completely absorbed in or by something.
(verb)The definition of a welter is a tossing or throwing and dropping, or major confusion.
(noun)See welter in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME weltren < MDu welteren, freq. formation akin to OE wealtan, to roll, boil up: for IE base see well
noun
See welter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English welteren, to toss about, as in high seas
Origin: , from Middle Low German
Origin: or Middle Dutch, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots
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