holwe
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From holgh (“hollow”, noun), influenced by the meaning of hol, hole (“hollow, concave”, adjective).
Adjective[edit]
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.
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue: The Clerk's Tale, ll. 290–291:
Alternative forms[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- “holwe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
holwe (plural holwes)
- Alternative form of holgh