# holt
## English
### Alternative forms

* hoult (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English holt, from Old English holt (“forest, wood, grove, thicket; wood, timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”).
Cognate with Scots holt (“a wood, copse, thicket”), North Frisian holt (“wood, timber”), West Frisian hout (“timber, wood”), Dutch hout (“wood, timber”), German Holz (“wood”), Icelandic holt (“woodland, hillock”), Old Irish caill (“forest, wood, woodland”), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch, shoot, twig”), Slovene kol ("stake"), Albanian shul (“door latch”). Doublet of hout.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /hɒlt/, /həʊlt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /hoʊlt/
* Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt, -oʊlt

### Noun

holt (plural holts)
* A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
** 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 11 p. 174:As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
** 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXI, line 5
    [the gale] 'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger.
** 1977, Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts:Once, at our cottage at Dodford, a tiny thatched village under a steep holt full of foxgloves...
* The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.

### References

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “holt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “holt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* HTOL, Loth, loth

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* halt

### Etymology

Borrowed from German halt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦolt]
* Homophone: hold

### Interjection

holt
* (colloquial, modal particle) indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well
    Máš holt pravdu. ― Well, you're right.
    Pak budeme holt muset tvrději pracovat. ― Then we’ll just have to work harder.

#### See also

* inu
* zkrátka
* ovšem
* tedy
* tak
* tož

### Further reading

* “holt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “holt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlt

### Verb

holt
* inflection of hollen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

holt
* inflection of holen:
** third-person singular present
** second-person plural present
** plural imperative

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈholt]
* Rhymes: -olt

### Etymology 1

From the hol- stem variant of hal (“to die”) +‎ -t (past-participle suffix). Compare Northern Mansi холат (holat).

#### Adjective

holt (not generally comparable, comparative holtabb, superlative legholtabb)
* (literary) dead, deceased
    Synonyms: halott, elhunyt
    Holt lelkek ― Dead Souls (a novel by Nikolai Gogol)

##### Declension
#### Noun

holt (plural holtak)
* (literary) dead (a deceased person)
    Synonym: halott

##### Declension
#### Derived terms

* holtan
* félholt
* Holt-tenger
* Holt-Tisza
* holtág
* holtbiztos
* holtfáradt
* holtidő
* holtpont
* holtsápadt
* holttest
* holtvágány
* holt nyelv
* holt szezon
* holttá nyilvánít
* se holt, se eleven

### Etymology 2

From the hol- stem variant of hal (“to die”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix). For the ending, compare hit, tét, jövet, menet.

#### Noun

holt (usually uncountable, plural holtak)
* (archaic, now only in certain phrases, chiefly with possessive suffixes) death
    Synonyms: halál, meghalás

##### Derived terms

* holtáiglan
* holtiglan
* holtodiglan
* holtomiglan
* holtomiglan-holtodiglan
* holtig tanul az ember
* jó pap holtig tanul

### References

* ↑ holt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
* ↑ holt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

### Further reading

* holt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse holt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔl̥t/
* Rhymes: -ɔl̥t
    Homophone: hollt

### Noun

holt n (genitive singular holts, nominative plural holt)
* hillock
** Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
    Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
    þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
    eða líka einhver var að hóa
    undarlega digrum karlaróm;
    útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
    eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
       Hush, hush, hush, hush,
       a vixen dashed in the hillock,
       wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
       Or - is it someone calling,
       strangely, with a harsh voice?
       Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
       are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.
* (archaic) wood

#### Derived terms

* Breiðholt
* Laxárholt

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔlt/

### Noun

holt (plural holtes)
* A small piece of woodland; a wooded hill.
** 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
    Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* English: holt, hoult (obsolete)
* Scots: holt (archaic)

#### References

* “holt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Akin to Swedish hult and German Holz. Doublet of holt (Etymology 2).

#### Noun

holt n (definite singular holtet, indefinite plural holt, definite plural holta or holtene)
* a grove
    Synonym: lund

##### Derived terms

* fureholt, furuholt
* granholt
* hasleholt, hasselholt
* skogholt, skauholt

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German of same origin as modern German Holz. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hultą, it is a doublet of holt (Etymology 1).

#### Noun

holt m or n (definite singular holten or holtet, indefinite plural holter or holt, definite plural holtene or holta)
* a pole or other piece of wood made for a specific purpose

##### Derived terms

* flytholt
* friholt
* ibenholt
* kryssholt
* losholt m
* rettholt
* rundholt

### References

* “holt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Akin to Swedish hult and German Holz. Doublet of holt (Etymology 2).

#### Noun

holt n (definite singular holtet, indefinite plural holt, definite plural holta)
* a grove
    Synonym: lund

##### Derived terms

* fureholt, furuholt
* granholt
* hasleholt, hasselholt
* skogholt

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German of same origin as modern German Holz. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hultą, it is a doublet of holt (Etymology 1).

#### Noun

holt m or n (definite singular holten or holtet, indefinite plural holtar or holt, definite plural holtane or holta)
* a pole or other piece of wood made for a specific purpose

##### Derived terms

* ibenholt
* kryssholt
* losholt m
* rettholt
* rundholt

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

holt
* neuter of hol

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* hólt (alternative spelling)

#### Participle

holt (definite singular and plural holte)
* past participle of hola

#### Verb

holt
* supine of hola

### References

* “holt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.

### Noun

holt n
* wood (the material)
* tree
* a wood, a forest

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: hout
** Dutch: hout
*** Afrikaans: hout
** Limburgish: hówtj

#### Further reading

* “holt (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xolt/, [hoɫt]

### Noun

holt n
* wood, woodland, holt
    Synonyms: fyrhþ, trēow, weald, wudu

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* æsċholt

#### Descendants

* Middle English: holt
** English: holt, hoult (obsolete)
** Scots: holt (archaic)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hultą.

### Noun

holt n
* wood
    Synonym: skógr
* rough stony ridge

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: holt
* Faroese: holt
* Norwegian: holt
* Old Swedish: hult
** Swedish: holt, hult
* Danish: holt
* Old Gutnish: hult

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “holt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive