Holm

//hoʊm// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Small island, islet.
  2. 2
    Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).

    "The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound."

  3. 3
    An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
  4. 4
    A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
  5. 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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  1. 6
    Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.

Etymology 3

* 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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