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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
DER. æsc-, firgen-, ofer-, wudu-holt.
Linked entries
v.  gár-holt hilt.
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  • HOLT, n.