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holc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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holc, es; n. [?]
A hollow, cavity: — Weaxeþ ðæt yfele blód on ðám holcum ðæs líchoman the evil blood increases in the hollow parts of the body,
    L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 7.
On ðám holcum ðære lifre in the hollows of the liver, Lchdm. ii. 160, 26.
Etymology
[Cf. snikeð in ed te breoste holke, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 19: Halliwell Dict. holke, holket hollow: or is the meaning similar to that of hylca, q.v.?]
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v.  healoc.
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