holwe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From holgh (“hollow”, noun), influenced by the meaning of hol, hole (“hollow, concave”, adjective).

Adjective

holwe

hollow
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue: The Clerk's Tale, ll. 290–291:
  And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, but looked holwe, and therto sobrely...
  And he too was not fat, that I take, But he looked hollow, moreover, abstemiously.

Alternative forms

holewe, holow, holowe, holo, holu, holuo, holw, holgh, holȝ, holȝe, holh, holeh, holeuh, hologh, hologhe, holoȝe, holough, holouȝ, holouȝe, holowh, holugh, holuȝ, holuȝe, holwgh, holwȝ, holwh

Descendants

English: hollow
Scots: hallae

References

“holwe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

holwe (plural holwes)

Alternative form of holgh

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