ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

ᚺᛟᛚᛏᚨ (holta, “wood”) +‎ -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ, “coming from”), cognate with German Holz (“grove; woods; small forest”) from Proto-Germanic *hultą. holt- has also been interpreted as a place-name, thus meaning "coming from Holt", and as a masculine personal name; "the descendant of Holtaz".

Proper noun

ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ (holtijaʀ /Holtijaz/) m

1. the one coming from 'Holt'
   • 400s, inscription on the younger Gallehus horn

     ᛖᚲᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ᛬ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ᛬ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ᛬ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ᛬
     ekhlewagastiz᛬holtijaz᛬horna᛬tawido᛬

     ek Hlewagastiz Holtijaz horna tawidō

     I, Hlewagastiz Holtijaz, made [the] horn