Holm (island) definition

Noun

The holly.
A common evergreen oak, of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

Etymology 2

From , cognate with Old English .

Noun

Land that is liable to flooding; a river island.
(Dialect, West Yorkshire) an islet, sometimes with holly bushes.

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Etymology

From Old Norse holmr, cognate with Old English holm, also in Old Saxon, Friesian cognate. Root is Germanic *xulma- ‘hill, rise’, equivalent to Latin culmen "peak", cf. culminate

Noun

ocean, sea, waters

Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren. The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.