holian

== Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *holōn, related to Old English holh, hol. Cognate with Old High German holōn (“to dig out, excavate”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈxo.li.ɑn/, [ˈho.li.ɑn] ==== Verb ==== holian to hollow something out, to make something hollow 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. to make a hole; dig ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== āholian ġeholian þurhholian === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *hōlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hōlōną. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈxoː.li.ɑn/, [ˈhoː.li.ɑn] ==== Verb ==== hōlian to oppress to slander 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== hōl hōltihte hōlunga hēlan === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “holian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.