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
- 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
- 400s, inscription on the younger Gallehus horn
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