"holt" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /hɔlt/ Forms: holtes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|holt}} Old English holt, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*holt}} Proto-West Germanic *holt, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hultą}} Proto-Germanic *hultą Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} holt, {{enm-noun|holtes}} holt (plural holtes)
  1. A small piece of woodland; a wooded hill. Categories (place): Forests

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for holt meaning in Middle English (2.1kB)

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