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holh

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §149; §165; §328; §329; §346;
A hollow, cavity, hole
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  • Hwæt tácnaþ ðæt holh on ðæm weobude búton gódra monna geþyld? Forðam ðonne mon his mód geeáðmódgeþ ðæt he wiðerweardnesse and scande forbere ðonne geeácnaþ hé sum holh on his móde swá swá ðæt weobud hæfþ on him uppan. Holh wæs beboden ðæt sceolde beón on ðæm weobude uppan ... wel hit wæs gecueden ðæt ðæt holh sceolde beón on ðæm weobude ánre elne brád and ánre elne long

    quod est altaris fossa, nisi bonorum patientia quæ, dum mentem ad adversa toleranda humiliat, quasi more foveæ hanc in imo positam demonstrat? Fossa ergo in altari fiat ... Bene autem hæc eadem fossa unius cubiti esse monstratur,

      Past. 33, 3; Swt. 219, 1-10.

  • Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh

    ibi habuit foveam ericius,

      35, 3; Swt. 241, 7.

  • In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes,

      Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1.
Etymology
[Laym. holȝes, pl. and holh; adj: R. Glouc. holu, sing, adj; holwe. pl: Chauc. holwe pl. adj.]
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v.  hol.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “holh.” 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/19455.

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