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holian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Add: trans. To make a hole in, dig ground
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  • Gáþ gé and ꝥ stánclif hwæthugu holiað

    ite et rupem in modico cavate

    ,
      Gr. D. 113; 5.
  • Hé hét ðá heardnysse swíðe holian on middan ðǽre flóre his botles (cf.

    fodiamus in medio tuguriunculi mei.

      Vit. Cuth. c. xviii), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. hole.]
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v. ge-, þurh-holian; holing.
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