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330 of a big, capable fellow. also the use of vondul, , a wisp of hay, a clumsy, stumpy fellow. From and is reported an i-mutated form , in in a somewhat divergent sense; In proper sense, bundle of straw (sheaf of straw), an anglicised form “hallow”,, is used in

holi [hɔli],, 1) holey, from hol, , a hole. 2) uneven, full of hollows, from hola, , a hollow. grund, uneven sea-bottom, fishing-ground. Often applied to the sea: rough; agitated; de sea is turnin’ very h. . For the latter use of the word,, , $n$,  and , and hola = holga, , concave; steep; precipitous.

holk$w$ [hå‘lk, hȯ‘ᶅk],, hollow sea; heavy swell with crested waves, a h. i’ de sea, a h. o’ a sea, = ,, ,  hå‘lk: hȯ‘ᶅk:, , , , In sense of hollow sea, is either the same word, as, with hardening of g to k (as frequently in Norn), or more an original *holk-; holka,, a hollow, *holka, , to hollow out. From is reported a parallel form or [håk] with dropped l; with this latter houk, howk = holk, , to hollow out, dig. Otherwise, , in sense of rough sea with crested waves, might be thought to be associated with hulk,, roughness, Note the use of words such as a), , ; b) , ; c) (, ),, , ( denoting unevenness, roughness), used of agitated sea. also $1$ and, , in sense of to stump. In $1$, , two different words seem to have been merged together.

holk$n$ [hȯ‘ᶅk (hɔ̇‘ᶅk), hå‘lk],, 1) a wooden vessel made of staves, narrower at the top than below, for keeping fish-livers in, and for storing train-oil; a øli [‘oil’]-h. [hȯ‘ᶅk (hɔ̇‘ᶅk)]. 2) a big, awkward and clumsy person, unfit for work. [hå‘lk];  [hȯ‘ᶅk]. In sense of something large and clumsy, to inanimate objects, the word assimilates to the $n$. From is reported [hɔlɔk] in sense of a clumsy, ill-shaped person, a h. o’ a body. — holkr, , a ferrule, a ring-shaped fitting; holk,, a) a ferrule; a ring; b) a wooden vessel made of staves; a keg, with the derivative “hylke”, , a high, narrow wooden vessel; c) a stiff, clumsy and awkward person. — The different of “hå‘lk”, meaning 2, and “hȯ‘ᶅk” , meaning 1, might indicate that “hå‘lk” is an original “holkr”, and “hȯ‘ᶅk” a derived form *hylki ( hylke, ).

holk$2$ [hȯ‘ᶅk],, 1) a knot; bump; hunch; a h. upo de back or atween de shooders [‘shoulders’]. , , -backed [hȯ‘ᶅk-bakəd], , hump-backed . 2) a lumpy, mis-shapen thing; something large and clumsy; a h. o’ a taati [‘potato’] ; also something hastily and loosely built ( a jerry-built house). , In   applied to something unusually large. In sense 1 treated here is doubtless  hulk,, knot (knots). association with the preceding $1$, In sense 2 *hulk (given under holg, ) is  merged with hulk,, and with $2$,

holk$3$ [hȯ‘ᶅk],, 1) to hollow out; to h. a taati, to cut a piece out of a potato; de rabbit is [‘has’] de heart o’ de neip [‘turnip’], the rabbit has gnawed the