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Þ þ (thorn)
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hō̆lm(e
n.(1)
Additional spellings:
holme
22 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) An island; a peninsula; (b) a meadow on a river bank; (c) a hill; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1.258-9, 268].
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stāver
n.
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An upright bar in a rack for hay or fodder;
hacche staver
; (b) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
2.141, 142].
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thei
pron.
169 quotations in 5 senses
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As anaph. or pers. pron.: (a) the persons referred to, they; (b) used pleonastically or for emphasis; (c) with antecedent in apposition following; (d) as obj. of verb or prep.: them, those; (e) with…
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