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HOL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
HOL, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §344; §425;
A HOLE, hollow, cavern, den
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  • Tó ðám ealdan hole; of ðám hole,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 423, 22.

  • Swá swá leó déþ of his hole

    quasi leo in cubile suo,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 29.

  • Mec hæleþ út týhþ of hole hátne

    a man draws me out hot from a hole,

    • Exon. 125 a;
    • Th. 480, 6;
    • Rä. 63, 7.

  • On ðis dimme hol

    into this dark den [prison ],

    • Bt. Met. Fox 2, 21;
    • Met. 2, 11.

  • Ðæt cúðe hol,

    • Exon. 112 b;
    • Th. 43l, 10;
    • Rä. 45, 5.

  • Wild deóra holl and denn

    lustra,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 110;
    • Som. 79, 38;
    • Wrt. Voc. 59, 10.

  • Hwelpas leóna on heora holum beóþ gelogode

    catuli leonum in cubilibus suis collocabuntur,

    • Ps. Lamb. 103, 22.

  • Foxas habbaþ holu

    vulpes foveas habent,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20:
    • Lk. Skt. 9, 58.

  • Hola,

    • Homl. Th. i. 160, 33.
Etymology
[Laym. hol:
Chauc. hole:
Prompt. Parv. hoole or pyt in an hylle caverna:
O. Frs. O. Dut. Icel. O. H. Ger. hol concavum, caverna spelunca, antrum:
cf. Goth. hulundi spelunca.]
Similar entries
v. hola.
Linked entries
v.  holh holl.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HOL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19437.

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