holme
See also: Holme
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English holm (“island”), from Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.
Noun
[edit]holme (plural holmes)
- Alternative form of holm.
Derived terms
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]holme
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]holme c
- indefinite plural of holm
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]holme
- alternative form of halm
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]holme m (definite singular holmen, indefinite plural holmer, definite plural holmene)
References
[edit]- “holme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]holme m (definite singular holmen, indefinite plural holmar, definite plural holmane)
References
[edit]- “holme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish holmber, Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. Cognate with Icelandic hólmur (dative hólmi), German Holm. (sense 3) is a semantic loan from Icelandic hólmur.
Noun
[edit]holme c
- a small island, an islet, a holm (normally uninhabited and typically more or less covered with trees)
- (now perceived as figurative) a small (forested) hill, a mound, a knoll (surrounded by relatively flat terrain)
- (historical) a designated place for a duel in early medieval Scandinavia, especially in Norway and Iceland (originally and often a holme in (sense 1) (small island))
Usage notes
[edit]- The archetypical holme is a small island covered with trees on the coast (or in a large lake, etc.), often in a waterway. The intuition tends towards ö the larger it gets.
- Sometimes reflects conditions with less post-glacial rebound in place names, leading to "holm(e)" appearing in names of peninsulas, for example. Compare vik.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | holme | holmes |
| definite | holmen | holmens | |
| plural | indefinite | holmar | holmars |
| definite | holmarna | holmarnas |
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- holme in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- holme in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Nya Åland, "Därför heter våra holmar som de gör"
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