Holh

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - holh

According to the Old English Dictionary:

holh
Add :-- Of dām ylcan stāne, in þām wæs þæt holg þæs nearwan scræfes ex petra eadem, quae in semetipsa concava angustum specus fecerat, Gr. D. 211, 7. Gif þonne seó nǣdre befleáh hine in hwylc holh, gif hē þonne gebletsode þæs hōles mūd mid þǣre halgan rōde tācne, sōna ofer ꝥ wæs seó nǣdre getogen deád of þām hōle quem si quando serpens in foramine fugerit, signo cruces os foraminis benedicit, statimque ex foramine serpens jam mortims trahitur, 247, 5-7. [N. E. D. hollow.] v. hol. holh
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