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Holm
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Small island, islet.
- 2 Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).
"The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound."
- 3 An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
- 4 A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
- 5 Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names. Orkney, Scotland, dialectal
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- 6 Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.
Etymology
From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.
From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.
* As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis.
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