høl

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See also: hol, Hol, HoL, hòl, hól, hôľ, höl, hỏl, hol-, hol., and hol'

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish hyl n, from Old Norse hylr m, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, cognate with Norwegian høl m, Old High German huliwa (“puddle”), German Hüle, Hülbe (“village pond”, dialect).

Pronunciation

Noun

høl n (singular definite høllet, plural indefinite høller)

  1. (archaic, dialect) a depression in a river or stream or a cavern
    • 1916, Johs. V. Jensen, Kongens Fald / https://books.google.dk/books?id=UHogCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46
      Vandtægen skrev paa Spejlet over de sorte Høller i Aaen.
      The water bug wrote on the mirror over the black depressions in the river.
    • 1924, Jeppe Aakjær, Hejmdals Vandringer, volume 131:
      i Høller han skyller de haarede Ben
      He washes his hairy legs in depressions.
Declension
Declension of høl
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative høl høllet høller høllerne
genitive høls høllets høllers høllernes

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

høl

  1. (unofficial or humorous) past tense of hyle

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hylr.

Noun

høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural høler, definite plural hølene)

  1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “høl” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “høl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hylr.

Alternative forms

Noun

høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural hølar, definite plural hølane)

  1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern
    Synonyms: kulp, lon, fordjuping
Inflection
Historical inflection of høl
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
1901 ein hỳl hỳlen hỳler (hỳlir) hỳlerne (hỳline)
1917 ein hyl
ein høl 		hylen
hølen 		hyler
hølar, høljar 		hylene
hølane, høljane
1938 ein høl hølen hølar hølane

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.

Etymology 2

Noun

høl n (definite singular hølet, indefinite plural høl, definite plural høla)

  1. (dialectal, Eastern Norway, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) alternative form of hòl (“a hole”). In its written form in a non-dialectal context it is often used in certain humorous and slang idioms, as the word is pronounced thus in these cases.
    Det er jo heilt høl i huet!
    This is completely crazy!
    Denne staden er eit forbanna høl!
    This place is a damn dump!
Synonyms
Derived terms

References

  • “høl” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “høl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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