- Look up holm or
holmr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
There are
numerous islands containing the word holm,
mainly in
northern Europe. In many cases...
- England. It is
derived from the Old
Norse words "trani"
meaning "crane", and "
holmr",
meaning "small island" or "water meadow".
George Trenholm (1807–1876)...
- at Fœri; Ôzurr met his end in the east in Greece;
Halfdan was
killed at
Holmr (Bornholm?); Kári was (killed) at Oddr(?); Side C: auk ok * tauþr dauðr...
-
originated in
Scandinavia and Britain. Holm is
derived from the Old
Norse word
holmr meaning a
small island.[citation needed] Also Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish...
-
masculine given name
derived from the Old
Norse name Hólmgeirr, a
compound of
hólmr 'island', and
geirr 'spear'. It is most
common amongst Danish people. It...
- -hou suffix.
These are
believed to be from the Old
Norse ey (island) and
holmr (islet). The
Chausey Islands south of
Jersey are not
generally included...
-
English holm; it can also be
derived from the Old
English holm and Old
Norse holmr.
Another probable origin of
Holmes is from a
placename near Dundonald, or...
- farm name
Holmen (Norse Holmin, from
originally *Holmvin) is a
compound of
holmr m 'bedrock' and vin f 'meadow'.
Large parts of the plot of Jo Nesbø's mystery...
- the harbour. In Normandy, it may have
sometimes mixed up with Old
Norse hólmr,
meaning a
small island, and
often found anglicised elsewhere as "holm"...
- from the Old
Norse brekka (slope or escarpment;
compare Bricquebec) and
holmr (island or islet; see -hou). It was also
formerly known as "Merchant's Island"...
