byrc-holt
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21
Linked entry: birc-holt
firgen-holt
a mountain-wood
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a mountain-wood
wudu-holt
A grove
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A grove Ðǽr is se fægere wuduholt ðe is on bócurn geháten Radians sallus, Engl. Stud. viii. 477, 12. Sunbearo, wuduholt wynlíc solis nemus, et consitus arbore multa Iucus, Exon. Th. 200, 1; Ph. 34. Wuduholtum, 223, 20; Ph. 362
ác-holt
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An oak wood Tó thám ácholte, C. D. B. iii. 44, 28. Ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, C. D. vi. 243, 13
aler-holt
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Alerholt alneta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 68. Alorholt, 6, 45 : i. 285. 41. Add
bóc-holt
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a beech-wood In bócholte, C. D. B. i. 344, 11. An cinges bócholte fíf wéna gang, C. D. ii. 103, I. xii. manentium quae dicuntur bócholt, i. 232, 20
birc-holt
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Byrcholt betule(t)um, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 66. Add
holt-wudu
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In Kr. 91 the MS. has holmwudu
leðer-hose
gaiter
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A leather covering for the leg, gaiter Leðerhosa [-hosan?] caligas, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 33
fyrgen-holt
A mountain-wood ⬩ montāna silva
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A mountain-wood; montāna silva On fyrgenholt into a mountain-wood, Beo. Th. 2791; B. 1393
Linked entry: firgen-holt
birc-holt
A birch holt or grove ⬩ betuletum
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum
gehæg-holt
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a copse where there is pasture(?) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16
holt-hana
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Substitute for 'acegia . . . 138' Holthana, holtana, holthona acega Txts. 38, 41. Holthana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 28. Cf. wudu-hana
ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them
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a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them(?) Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest
breóst-hord
the heart, mind ⬩ a hoard, treasure ⬩ The breast's treasure, the thought, mind, heart ⬩ pectoris thesaurus, cogitatio, mens, cor
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[breóst the heart, mind, hord a hoard, treasure] The breast's treasure, the thought, mind, heart; pectoris thesaurus, cogitatio, mens, cor Óþ-ðæt wordes ord breóst-hord þurhbræc until the point [or issue] of the word broke through his mind, Beo. Th.
drenc-horn
A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu
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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31
hord-cleófa
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hors-elene
Elecampane; ⬩ inula helenium,
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Elecampane; inula helenium, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. Horshelene helena, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 68; Wrt. Voc. 32, 4. Horselene, Wrt. Voc. 79, 42
hord-geat
A door through which a treasure is reached
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A door through which a treasure is reached Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11