høl
Danish
Alternative forms
- hyl (obsolete)
Etymology
Partly via Old Danish hyl, from Old Norse hylr, and partly as a contraction of two related words: the equivalent of Norwegian høl and a dialect variant of hul (“depression, cavern”).
Noun
høl (singular definite hølen; plural indefinite høller/høl(l)e; plural definite høllene)
- a depression in a river or stream or a cavern
- Dybt i Jordens hølle og huler.
- Deep into the caves and caverns of the world.
- Dybt i Jordens hølle og huler.
- a deep location in streams and waters
- Han skyller sine hårede ben i høller.
- He washes his hairy legs in streams.
- Han skyller sine hårede ben i høller.
Verb
høl
- optional and humorous past tense form of hyle.
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural høler, definite plural hølene)
- a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural hølar, definite plural hølane)
- a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern
Synonyms
Etymology 2
East Norwegian dialect variant of hull/hol, "a hole".
Noun
høl n
- replacing hull/hol in certain humorous and slang idioms, as the word is pronounced thus in these cases.
- Dette er jo helt høl i huet!
- This is completely crazy!
- Dette stedet er et forbanna høl!
- This place is a damn dump!
- Dette er jo helt høl i huet!
Usage notes
The word is primarily used in speaking context and is not part of the official orthography in either Bokmål or Nynorsk.
Inflection
Inflection of høl
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish verb forms
- Danish nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns