Old English · noun
heolstor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxe͜ol.stor/[ˈhe͜oɫ.stor]
- Syllables
- ˈxe͜ol · stor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- holsterhulsterveilconcealmentdarkness
Meaning
-
darkness, veil, covering
hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,
since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s) with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,
siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e -
place of concealment
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hulistrą.
Descendants
holster, hulster
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