HOLT
- noun [ masculine ]
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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.
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Wildeóra holt,
- Salm. Kmbl. 116; Sal. 82.
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Holtes frætwe
fruit,
- Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 22; Ph. 73.
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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.
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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.
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Wulf holtes gehléða,
- Elen. Kmbl. 225; El. 113.
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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.
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Gewiton áweg tó holte
they went away to the wood,
- Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12.
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Holt ofgeáfon
they left the wood,
- Beo. Th. 5685; B. 2846: 5190; B. 2598.
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Abraham ðá plantode ǽnne holt
Abraham vero plantavit nemus,
- Gen. 21, 33.
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Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm,
- Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 1; Rä. 85, 7.
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Ðú geond holt wunast
thou shall dwell among the woods,
- Cd. 203; Th. 252, 6; Dan. 574.
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Ic geseah holt hweorfende
I saw wood moving,
- Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 5; Rä. 57, 3.
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Holte bi[h]lǽnan
to pile wood round,
74 a;- Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577.
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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