holme

See also: Holme

English

Etymology

From Middle English holm (“island”), from Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.

Noun

holme (plural holmes)

1. Alternative form of holm.

Derived terms

• Gauxholme

Anagrams

• Homel, Mohel, mohel

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦolmɛ]

Verb

holme

1. first-person plural imperative of holit

Danish

Noun

holme c

1. indefinite plural of holm

Middle English

Noun

holme

1. alternative form of halm

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

holme (geografi)

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse holmi, holmr.

Noun

holme m (definite singular holmen, indefinite plural holmer, definite plural holmene)

1. an islet, or holm (UK)

References

• “holme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

holme

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Alternative forms

• holm

Etymology

From Old Norse holmi, holmr.

Noun

holme m (definite singular holmen, indefinite plural holmar, definite plural holmane)

1. an islet, or holm (UK)

References

• “holme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

holme

Wikipedia ^sv

English Wikipedia has an article on:

holmgang

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• holm (obsolete)

Etymology

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

holme c

2. a small island, an islet, a holm (normally uninhabited and typically more or less covered with trees)
3. (now perceived as figurative) a small (forested) hill, a mound, a knoll (surrounded by relatively flat terrain)
5. (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

• 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

Declension of holme

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	holme	holmes
	definite	holmen	holmens
plural	indefinite	holmar	holmars
	definite	holmarna	holmarnas

Derived terms

• Holm
• Holmberg
• Lindholm
• Stockholm
• holmgång

See also

• klippa
• kobbe
• skär
• ö

Further reading

• holme in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• holme in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Nya Åland, "Därför heter våra holmar som de gör"