høl

See also: hol, Hol, HoL, hòl, hól, hôľ, höl, hỏl, hol-, hol., and hol'

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish hyl n, from Old Norse hylr m, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, cognate with Norwegian høl m, Old High German huliwa (“puddle”), German Hüle, Hülbe (“village pond”, dialect).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høl/, [ˈhøl]

Noun

høl n (singular definite høllet, plural indefinite høller)

1. (archaic, dialect) a depression in a river or stream or a cavern
   • 1916, Johs. V. Jensen, Kongens Fald / https://books.google.dk/books?id=UHogCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46

     Vandtægen skrev paa Spejlet over de sorte Høller i Aaen.

     The water bug wrote on the mirror over the black depressions in the river.

   • 1924, Jeppe Aakjær, Hejmdals Vandringer, volume 131:

     i Høller han skyller de haarede Ben

     He washes his hairy legs in depressions.

Declension

Declension of høl

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	høl	høllet	høller	høllerne
genitive	høls	høllets	høllers	høllernes

References

• “Høl,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høːˀl/, [ˈhøˀl]

Verb

høl

1. (unofficial or humorous) past tense of hyle

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hylr.

Noun

høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural høler, definite plural hølene)

1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern

Synonyms

• kulp
• lon
• fordypning

Derived terms

• rasshøl

References

• “høl” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “høl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hylr.

Alternative forms

• hyl, hỳl

Noun

høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural hølar, definite plural hølane)

1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern

   Synonyms: kulp, lon, fordjuping

Inflection

Historical inflection of høl

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
1901		ein hỳl	hỳlen	hỳler (hỳlir)	hỳlerne (hỳline)
1917		ein hyl ein høl	hylen hølen	hyler hølar, høljar	hylene hølane, høljane
1938		ein høl	hølen	hølar	hølane

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.

Etymology 2

Noun

høl n (definite singular hølet, indefinite plural høl, definite plural høla)

1. (dialectal, Eastern Norway, Trøndelag dialect, Northern Norway) alternative form of hòl (“a hole”). In its written form in a non-dialectal context it is often used in certain humorous and slang idioms, as the word is pronounced thus in these cases.

   Det er jo heilt høl i huet!

   This is completely crazy!

   Denne staden er eit forbanna høl!

   This place is a damn dump!

Synonyms

• møkkadynge

Derived terms

• avhøl
• høl i huet (said about people doing stupid actions)
• rasshøl (“asshole”)

References

• “høl” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “høl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.