† huldern.
Obsolete. rare.
German †hulder, holder is ‘elder’; but Ascham mentions elder as another tree; it is possible therefore that hulder is a misprint for hulver holly; others suggest alder, dialect ouller.
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1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13 Hulder, blacke thorne, Serues tree, Beche, Elder, Aspe, and Salowe, eyther for theyr wekenes or lyghtenesse, make holow, starting, studding, gaddynge shaftes.
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