Holian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

holian

Add: trans. To make a hole in, dig ground :-- Gāþ gē and ꝥ stānclif hwæthugu holiad ite et rupem in modico cavate, Gr. D. 113; 5. Hē hēt dā heardnysse swīde holian on middan dǣre flōre his botles (cf. fodiamus in medio tuguriunculi mei. Vit. Cuth. c. xviii), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3. [N. E. D. hole.] v. ge-, þurh-holian; holing. -holian,holian