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Add: [For the use of holm in the sense of hill v. (?) holm- wudu ; and for the later use of the word in this sense cf. þe vox ulih to þam holme (cleoue, 2nd MS.),
    Laym. 20861.
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sea
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  • Brym vel holm

    cataclismus, diluvium

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      Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 42.
  • Sǽýþa

    vel holmas equo[r], maria

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      143, 74.
low-lying land by a stream, occurring in local names
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  • Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wigge tó Holme,

      C. D. ii. 387, 19. ꝥ
  • Into Holme minstre,

      113, 29.
  • Of elkanleighe tó hilisbrók on þane holm ; þane endelanges thes brókes in on wryng; þanen end-lang wryng,

      C. D. B. ii. 264, 18.
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[v. N. E. D. holm.]
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