Holt

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

holt

Add: I. a wood, copse :-- Hār holtes feónd, Rä. 22, 3. For dǣm wē ceorfad heáh treówu on holte daelig;t wē hī eft ūp ārǣren on dǣm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwā āspyred dæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hē rād þurh ǣnne heáhne holt, Hml. S. 19, 219. On pāpan holt sūdweardne, C. D. B. ii. 246, 2. Seó eorde sōna swā swā hyre God bebeád stōd mid holtum āgrōwen, Hex. 12, 3. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, too beorh-holt, C. D. B. ii. 246, 34: gehæg-holt. II. wood, a piece of wood, handle or shaft of a weapon (?). v. gār-holt :-- Holt capulus (armet dextram capulus, ceu parma sinistram, Ald. 214, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 33: 20, 17. holt

Parole correlate: āc-, alor-, birc-, bōc-, hæsel-holt. Cf.