geholian

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈxo.li.ɑn/, [jeˈho.li.ɑn]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gaholōn, from Proto-Germanic *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), from a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) and Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout, call”), equivalent to ġe- +‎ *holian (“to get”). Cognate with Old Frisian halia (“to get, drive home, take”), Middle Dutch and Dutch halen, Old Saxon halōn (“to get”), Old High German halōn, holōn (“to get, fetch”) (German holen), Latin celer (“swift”), Latin calo (“I call, summon”). Related to Old English healdan (“to grasp, hold, retain”). More at accelerate, claim, hold.

Verb

ġeholian

1. to obtain

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeholian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġeholian	ġeholienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeholiġe	ġeholode
second person singular	ġeholast	ġeholodest
third person singular	ġeholaþ	ġeholode
plural	ġeholiaþ	ġeholodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeholiġe	ġeholode
plural	ġeholiġen	ġeholoden
imperative
singular	ġehola
plural	ġeholiaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeholiende	ġeholod

Descendants

• Middle English: holen

Etymology 2

From ġe- +‎ holian.

Verb

ġeholian

1. to hollow out

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeholian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġeholian	ġeholienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeholiġe	ġeholode
second person singular	ġeholast	ġeholodest
third person singular	ġeholaþ	ġeholode
plural	ġeholiaþ	ġeholodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeholiġe	ġeholode
plural	ġeholiġen	ġeholoden
imperative
singular	ġehola
plural	ġeholiaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeholiende	ġeholod

Descendants

• Middle English: holen
  • English: hole
  • Scots: hole, hoil, hoill