"holm" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /xolm/, [hoɫm]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), though the meaning was influenced by Old Norse holmr. Cognate with Old Saxon holm (German Holm), Old Dutch holm (Dutch holm); also Latin culmen (“peak”); compare culminate. Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gmw-pro|*holm|t=island}} Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), {{der|ang|non|holmr}} Old Norse holmr, {{cog|osx|holm}} Old Saxon holm, {{cog|de|Holm}} German Holm, {{cog|odt|holm}} Old Dutch holm, {{cog|nl|holm}} Dutch holm, {{cog|la|culmen||peak}} Latin culmen (“peak”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|holmas|||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} holm m (nominative plural holmas), {{ang-noun|m|holmas}} holm m (nominative plural holmas) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|holm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|holm|holmas|holm|holmas|holmes|holma|holme|holmum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: holmas [nominative, plural], strong [table-tags], holm [nominative, singular], holmas [nominative, plural], holm [accusative, singular], holmas [accusative, plural], holmes [genitive, singular], holma [genitive, plural], holme [dative, singular], holmum [dative, plural]
  1. (poetic) ocean, sea, waters Tags: masculine, poetic
    Sense id: en-holm-ang-noun-DQ4si-Yc Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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            "2": "holm",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: holm, holme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: holm, holme"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "holm"
          },
          "expansion": "English: holm",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "English: holm"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "2": "holm",
            "3": "houm"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: holm, houm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: holm, houm"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "holmr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse holmr",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "holm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "holm"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "peak"
      },
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "holme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "holmum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "title": "",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.",
          "text": "Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "ocean, sea, waters"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "waters",
          "waters"
        ]
      ],
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        "(poetic) ocean, sea, waters"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/xolm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hoɫm]"
    }
  ],
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}
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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            "3": "houm"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Scots: holm, houm"
    }
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        "3": "*holm",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "German Holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "holm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "holm"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch holm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "culmen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "peak"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "holmas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holmum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "sort": ""
      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "holm",
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English poetic terms",
        "Old English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.",
          "text": "Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "ocean, sea, waters"
      ],
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          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
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        ],
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          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "waters",
          "waters"
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        "(poetic) ocean, sea, waters"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/xolm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hoɫm]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holm"
}

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