holwe

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From holgh (“hollow”, noun), influenced by the meaning of hol, hole (“hollow, concave”, adjective). ==== Adjective ==== holwe hollow c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue: The Clerk's Tale, ll. 290–291: ===== Alternative forms ===== holewe, holow, holowe, holo, holu, holuo, holw, holgh, holȝ, holȝe, holh, holeh, holeuh, hologh, hologhe, holoȝe, holough, holouȝ, holouȝe, holowh, holugh, holuȝ, holuȝe, holwgh, holwȝ, holwh ===== Descendants ===== English: hollow Scots: hallae ==== References ==== “holwe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== holwe alternative form of holgh