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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.]
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v. hola.
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v.  holl holh.
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