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houle

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French houle (swell), probably from an Old Northern French *houle (“cavity, hole”, attested in modern dialects), itself from Old Norse hol (cave, hole), from Proto-Germanic *hulą, whence also English hole. The sense would derive from the bulges and hollows of the waves.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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houle f (plural houles)

  1. swell (of water)

Further reading

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Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English holden, from Old English healdan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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houle (past participle ee-halt)

  1. to hold

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47