Noun: holm
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | holm |
| Plural | holmas |
Genitive
| Singular | holmes |
| Plural | holma |
Dative
| Singular | holme |
| Plural | holmum |
Accusative
| Singular | holm |
| Plural | holmas |
Sample Sentences
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Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren. (The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.)
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Beowulf 49b–50a
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léton holm beran · géafon on gársecg (they let the sea bear him, gave him to the ocean.)
Nouns inflected like holm
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *holm (“island”), though the meaning was influenced by Old Norse holmr.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon holm (German Holm), Old Dutch holm (Dutch holm); also Latin culmen (“peak”); compare culminate. See: Old Norse Nouns '
holmr', German Nouns '
Holm', Dutch Nouns '
holm', Latin Nouns '
culmen'.
Verbs referencing "holm"
English Nouns
hill, English Nouns
holm, Latvian Nouns
kalns.
Translations