geholian

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈxo.li.ɑn/, [jeˈho.li.ɑn]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gaholōn, from Proto-Germanic *hulōną (to call, fetch, summon), from a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *kel- (to drive) and Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to shout, call), equivalent to ġe- + *holian (to get). Cognate with Old Frisian halia (to get, drive home, take), Middle Dutch and Dutch halen, Old Saxon halōn (to get), Old High German halōn, holōn (to get, fetch) (German holen), Latin celer (swift), Latin calo (I call, summon). Related to Old English healdan (to grasp, hold, retain). More at accelerate, claim, hold.

Verb

ġeholian

  1. to obtain
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Middle English: holen

Etymology 2

From ġe- + holian.

Verb

ġeholian

  1. to hollow out
Conjugation
Descendants
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