- 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...
-
Ladoga (Aldeigja),
founded in the mid-8th century, and
Rurikovo Gorodische (
Holmr),
founded in the mid-9th century. The two
settlements were
situated at opposite...
- 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...
- 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"...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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"...
- has the
Norman suffix -hou,
meaning a
small island, from the Old
Norse holmr.
According to Dr. S.K. Kellet-Smith, "bur"
refers to a
storehouse – "Burhou...
- jordnöt (Swed.), jordnøtt (Norw.) arachide, cacahuète
islet hommet/houmet
hólmʀ hólmur (Icelandic), holm (Dan.),
holme (Norw., Swed.) îlot,
rocher en mer...
