bålverk

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish bolverk or bulværk, from Middle Low German bolwerk. Superficially equivalent to bål (“bole; stem; sturdy plank”) +‎ verk. Doublet of bulevard. Cognate of German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk, English bulwark, French boulevard. === Noun === bålverk n (historical) bulwark (figurative) stronghold ==== Declension ==== === References === “bålverk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bålverk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bålverk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) bålverk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)