*hōlą
Runic: ᚺᛟᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɔː.lɑ̃/noun · neuter · a-stem
Meanings
- vain speech, flattery
- vain speech, slander
Etymology
(SS: from < *ḱeh₂s-dʰlo-m from < *ḱeh₂s- see Kroonen 2017) From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l-, *keh₁l- (‘to beguile, deceive’).
Cognate with Latin calvor (‘deceive, plot against’), calumnia (‘false accusation, deceit, defamation’), Russian хвала́ (xvalá, ‘praise, laud’), Ancient Greek κηλέω (kēléō) (kēléō, ‘to charm, bewitch, beguile, appease’).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | hōlą | hōlō |
| Acc. | hōlą | hōlō |
| Gen. | hōlas, hōlis | hōlǫ̂ |
| Dat. | hōlai | hōlamaz |
| Inst. | hōlō | hōlamiz |
| Voc. | hōlą | hōlō |
Descendants
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*hōl (Proto-West Germanic)
- hōl (Old English)
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hól (Old Norse)
- hól (Faroese)
- hól (Icelandic)