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wood, copse
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  • Hár holtes feónd,

      Rä. 22, 3.
  • For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle,

      Past. 443, 36.
  • Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte,

      Sal. K. p. 146, 28.
  • Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt,

      Hml. S. 19, 219.
  • On pápan holt súðweardne,

      C. D. B. ii. 246, 2.
  • Seó eorðe sóna swá swá hyre God bebeád stód mid holtum ágrówen, Hex. 12, 3. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, v. ác-, alor-, birc-, bóc-, hæsel-holt. Cf.

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    beorh-holt,
      C. D. B. ii. 246, 34: gehæg-holt.
wood, a piece of wood, handle or shaft of a weapon (?). v. gár-holt
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  • Holt capulus (armet dextram

    capulus

    , ceu parma sinistram,
      Ald. 214, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 33: 20, 17.
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