"holcian" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈxol.ki.ɑn/, [ˈhoɫ.ki.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *holukōn, *hulikōn (“to hollow out”), equivalent to holc + -ian. Related to Proto-West Germanic *hulikjan (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German holken, hȫlken (“to hollow out, gouge”). Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gmw-pro|*holukōn}} Proto-West Germanic *holukōn, {{af|ang|holc|-ian}} holc + -ian, {{m+|gmw-pro|*hulikjan|t=to bend, curve}} Proto-West Germanic *hulikjan (“to bend, curve”), {{cog|gml|holken}} Middle Low German holken Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=*holcian}} *holcian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|*holcian<w2/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)holcod>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], holcian [infinitive], holcienne [infinitive], holciġe [first-person, present, singular], holcode [first-person, past, singular], holcast [present, second-person, singular], holcodest [past, second-person, singular], holcaþ [present, singular, third-person], holcode [past, singular, third-person], holciaþ [plural, present], holcodon [past, plural], holciġe [present, singular], holcode [past, singular], holciġen [plural, present], holcoden [past, plural], holca [imperative, past, present, singular], holciaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], holciende [imperative, present], holcod [imperative, past], ġeholcod [imperative, past]
  1. to make hollow, gouge Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: hlocian Derived forms: āhlocian
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "holken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: holken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: holken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "holk"
          },
          "expansion": "English: holk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: holk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "holk",
            "3": "howk"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: holk, howk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: holk, howk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*holukōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *holukōn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "holc",
        "3": "-ian"
      },
      "expansion": "holc + -ian",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*hulikjan",
        "t": "to bend, curve"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hulikjan (“to bend, curve”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "holken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German holken",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *holukōn, *hulikōn (“to hollow out”), equivalent to holc + -ian. Related to Proto-West Germanic *hulikjan (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German holken, hȫlken (“to hollow out, gouge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcian",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcienne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciġe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcodest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcaþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciaþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcodon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciġe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciġen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcoden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciaþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciende",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeholcod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "*holcian"
      },
      "expansion": "*holcian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*holcian<w2/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)holcod>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/holcian",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "āhlocian"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make hollow, gouge"
      ],
      "id": "en-holcian-ang-verb-nrxjo4~8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "gouge",
          "gouge"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hlocian"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxol.ki.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhoɫ.ki.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holcian"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āhlocian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "holken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: holken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: holken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "holk"
          },
          "expansion": "English: holk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: holk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "holk",
            "3": "howk"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: holk, howk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: holk, howk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*holukōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *holukōn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "holc",
        "3": "-ian"
      },
      "expansion": "holc + -ian",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*hulikjan",
        "t": "to bend, curve"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hulikjan (“to bend, curve”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "holken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German holken",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *holukōn, *hulikōn (“to hollow out”), equivalent to holc + -ian. Related to Proto-West Germanic *hulikjan (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German holken, hȫlken (“to hollow out, gouge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcian",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcienne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciġe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcodest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcaþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciaþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcodon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciġe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcode",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciġen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcoden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciaþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holciende",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holcod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeholcod",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "*holcian"
      },
      "expansion": "*holcian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*holcian<w2/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)holcod>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/holcian",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English reconstructed verbs",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make hollow, gouge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "gouge",
          "gouge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxol.ki.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhoɫ.ki.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hlocian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holcian"
}

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