holt
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ holt = sylva; holz = lignum; in E. and North. holt means copsewood, and the word often occurs in local names]
1. wood, copsewood, a coppice; but this sense is almost obsolete, though it remains in the saying, opt er í holti heyrandi nær, in a holt a hearer is nigh, answering to the leaves have ears, in die blätter haben ohren, 133: as also in old poems, holt ok hrár viðr, 32; ösp í holti, 4; Hoddmímis holt, ; fara ór holti, to go from the woods, 15: whence holt-skriði, a, ‘holt-creeper,’ for a snake, : holta-þór, reynard the fox: in laws, yrkja holt né haga, 315; h. eða haga eða veiði-staði, 362; but otherwise rare in common prose, holt eðr skógar, ; smákjörr ok holt, vi. 334: in local names, Holtsetar (Holsetar), ‘holt-sitters,’ the men of Holsten; Holtseta-land, the land of the Holtsetar (Holstenland), whence the Holstein. In barren , Holt, Holtar are local names, as also in compds, Lang-holt, Skála-holt, Geldinga-holt, Villinga-holt, Reykja-holt, Holta-vað, see ; in olden times; all these places were no doubt covered with copse (of dwarf birch).2. in common usage holt means any rough stony hill or ridge, to a marsh or lea, v. 70, 97, 96, 713, 19, 22, 67, passim, as also in usage.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- Engl.English.
- prop.proper, properly.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- poët.poetically.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- opp.opposed.
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- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Skm.Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hðm.Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Vkv.Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)