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*ol, sb. O.N. vǫst (Fr.: vözt), f., fishing-ground, in poetry: ocean.

holltott, -toit, sb. and adj., see halltott.

holm [hɔl^əm, hɔm], sb., an islet; see further *hulm, sb.

holrag [hɔl·rāg·], sb., a tether-peg with the hole riven up, esp. tether-peg for a cow. Fe. *hol-rek; from O.N. hol, n., a hole, and rek, n., something drifting, a wreck (No. rek 6: R.). See the foll. word.

holrag [hɔl·rāg·, hȯl·rāg·, hȯᶅ-rāg·], vb., 1) to chase, to drive from hole to hole, to pursue from place to place, to h. a person or body f(r)ae place to place, ut o’ hole and into hole. Uⁿ. [hȯᶅ·rāg·]. 2) metaph.: a) to abuse one like a blackguard; b) to backbite. Y., Fe. hɔl·rāg·: Fe. hɔl·rāg· and hȯl·rāg·: Y. (and U.). — *holreka; O.N. hol, n., a hole, and reka, vb., to chase, drive.

*holraga [hɔᶅ·rā·ga], sb., mentioned with reservation in sense of sickness, epidemic. Fe. Must be classed with the preceding word.

*hols [hɔ‘ls (hå‘ls)] and *hwols [hwȯ‘ls, hwə‘ls], sb., 1) the neck (part of the body); in this sense now only found in compds.; see hwolsben, sb.; otherwise comm.: a) ha(l)s [has (hās)] through infl. of L.Sc. hass, hawse = the throat, and b) Eng. neck. For ha(l)sin, end plank in a boat, the meaning of which originates from Norn, see further hals, sb. 2) “neck”, a narrow elevation, esp. a slight depression in a high elevation, a lower ridge projecting from a higher one; now only found as a place-name, though rather bordering on a common noun, as the name (the word) in various places is understood by the common people, owing to its frequent occurrence, and always with prefixed def. art. “de”. Examples: de Hols

(in Noss Hill, Noss near Br.); de Hols o’ Lirastakk (Burrafirth, U.); de Hwols o’ de Wart (Sandw., Du.): vǫrðu-hals or *varða-hals; de Holses (Conn.), pl.; de Holsins [hɔ‘lsɩns] (Norwick, Uⁿ.; Westafirth, Yⁿ.), pl.: *halsarnir, def. pl.; de Hwolsins [hwȯ‘lsɩns], the south end of the ridge “Valafell [vā··lafel·]”, U. Occas. with close o-sound, such as in: Holsinswart [ho‘l··sɩnswa‘rt·] (W. Isle, Skerries): *hals(ins)varða or -varði. On Wests. are found foll. forms: a) *kwols [kwȯ‘ls], with the change of hv, hw to kw, characteristic of Wests., e.g. de Kwols (Sa.); b) esp. in Fo.: *wols [wȯ‘ls]; de Wols; wolsben (Fo.) = hwolsben. — O.N. hals (Icel. háls, Fær. hálsur [hå‘lsȯr], No. hals, haals), m., a) the neck; b) an elevated ridge. Fær. “hálsur” in sense b esp.: a narrow ridge; a depression between two elevations of unequal height.

holter [hɔ‘ltər, hȯ‘ltər, hȯ‘ᶅtər (hɔ̇‘ᶅtər)] and hulter [ho‘ltər], sb., 1) a slope, hillock, only reported in pl.: holters = braes (L.Sc. bra, brae, sb., a slope, hill); Y^h. [hɔ‘ltər]; mostly applied to unfertile soil. As a place-name in this latter sense also occas. *holt; thus: de Holt [hå‘lt] (W.), a stony slope. Otherwise more comm. with suffixed -er. 2) in pl., hulters (holters): uneven ground with small elevations, esp. with large rifts, clefts and holes. Y^e. (Hascosay: hulters). Frequently found as a place-name in senses 1 and 2; thus: de Holters or Hulters, a) between Brae and Voe, De. [hɔ‘ltərs, ho‘ltərs]; b) W.Sw., Y. [hɔ‘ltərs]; c) Strand, Fe. [hȯ‘ᶅtərs] — stony slopes with broken ground; de Hulters o’ de Dale (L.), the southern part of the hill “de Klobb o’ Tronaster”, full of great rifts and clefts. 3) a fragment of rock (boulder); fairly comm., mostly pronounced “hɔ‘ltər” or “ho‘l-