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HOLT

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.
a HOLT, wood, grove, copse
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  • Holt

    lucus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8;
    • Som. 7, 30:

    nemus,

    • 9, 32;
    • Som. 12, 17:

    saltus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 45;
    • Som. 64, 104;
    • Wrt. Voc. 32, 39:

    nemus vel saltus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 80, 34.

  • Wildeóra holt,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 116;
    • Sal. 82.

  • Holtes frætwe

    fruit,

    • Exon. 57 a;
    • Th. 202, 22;
    • Ph. 73.

  • Hé lét him ðá of handon fleógan hafoc wið ðæs holtes

    he let the hawk fly from his hands towards the wood,

    • Byrht. Th. 131, 14;
    • By. 8: Rood Kmbl. 58;
    • Kr. 29.

  • Uton gán innan on ðisses holtes hleó

    let us go within the shelter of this grove,

    • Cd. 39;
    • Th. 52, 7;
    • Gen. 840;
    • Exon. 62 a;
    • Th. 227, 26;
    • Ph. 429.

  • Wulf holtes gehléða,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 225;
    • El. 113.

  • Sum sceal on holte of heáhbeáme feallan,

    • Exon. 87 b;
    • Th. 328, 21;
    • Vy. 21:
    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 103, 73;
    • Met. 13, 52, 37.

  • Gewiton áweg tó holte

    they went away to the wood,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12.

  • Holt ofgeáfon

    they left the wood,

    • Beo. Th. 5685;
    • B. 2846: 5190;
    • B. 2598.

  • Abraham ðá plantode ǽnne holt

    Abraham vero plantavit nemus,

    • Gen. 21, 33.

  • Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm,

    • Exon. 129 a;
    • Th. 496, 1;
    • Rä. 85, 7.

  • Ðú geond holt wunast

    thou shall dwell among the woods,

    • Cd. 203;
    • Th. 252, 6;
    • Dan. 574.
wood; lignum
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  • Ic geseah holt hweorfende

    I saw wood moving,

    • Exon. 114 a;
    • Th. 438, 5;
    • Rä. 57, 3.

  • Holte bi[h]lǽnan

    to pile wood round,

    • 74 a;
    • Th. 277, 7;
    • Jul. 577.
Etymology
[Laym. Chauc. holt:
Prompt. Parv. holt, lytylle wode lucus, virgultum, p. 244, v. note:
O. Frs. holt wood, stick:
Icel. holt wood, coppice (nearly obsolete); a rough stony hill:
O. H. Ger. holz nemus, silva, sallus, arbor, lignum:
Ger. holz.]
Derived forms
æsc-, firgen-, ofer-, wudu-holt.
Linked entries
v.  gár-holt hilt.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HOLT.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19472.

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