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See also: költ

kōlt or kolt ‎(comparative kôlder or kö̂lder, superlative kôldest or kö̂ldest)

Declension of kolt

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	kôlt	kôlden	kôldem(e) (kôlden^note)	kôldes
Neuter		kôlt	kôldem(e) (kôlden^note)	kôldes
Feminine		kôlde	kôlder(e)
Plural	kôlde		kôlden	kôlder(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	kôlde	kôlden	kôlden
Neuter		kôlde
Feminine		kôlden
Plural	kôlden	kôlden
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

kolt

Stem vowel: ô²
- (originally) IPA^(key): /kɔːlt/ or IPA^(key): /kɔlt/
- While the combination /ld/ originally lengthened the vowel in Old Saxon, in several Middle Low German dialects it was treated like a geminate, or had actually become /lː/, and in turn shortened long vowels occurring before it. Further, the vowel was shortened before /lt/ from final obstruent devoicing. Dialects then often began to apply the more common vowel length across all forms.