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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hulistrą.
Pronunciation
Noun
heolstor n
- darkness, veil, covering
10th century, The Wanderer:siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
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,
- place of concealment
Declension
Declension of heolstor (strong a-stem)
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