høl

From Old Danish hyl n, from Old Norse hylr m, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, cognate with Norwegian høl m, Old High German huliwa (“puddle”), German Hüle, Hülbe (“village pond”, dialect).

• IPA^(key): /høl/, [ˈhøl]

høl n (singular definite høllet, plural indefinite høller)

1. (archaic, dialect) a depression in a river or stream or a cavern
   • 1916, Johs. V. Jensen, Kongens Fald / https://books.google.dk/books?id=UHogCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46

     Vandtægen skrev paa Spejlet over de sorte Høller i Aaen.

     The water bug wrote on the mirror over the black depressions in the river.

   • 1924, Jeppe Aakjær, Hejmdals Vandringer, volume 131:

     i Høller han skyller de haarede Ben

     He washes his hairy legs in depressions.

• “Høl,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /høːˀl/, [ˈhøˀl]

høl

1. (unofficial or humorous) past tense of hyle

From Old Norse hylr.

høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural høler, definite plural hølene)

1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern

• kulp
• lon
• fordypning

• rasshøl

• “høl” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “høl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hylr.

• hyl, hỳl

høl m (definite singular hølen, indefinite plural hølar, definite plural hølane)

1. a depression or hole in the bottom of a river or a stream, a cavern

   Synonyms: kulp, lon, fordjuping

høl n (definite singular hølet, indefinite plural høl, definite plural høla)

1. (dialectal, Eastern Norway, Trøndersk, Northern Norway) alternative form of hòl (“a hole”); in its written form in a non-dialectal context it is often used in certain humorous and slang idioms, as the word is pronounced thus in these cases

   Det er jo heilt høl i huet!

   This is completely crazy!

   Denne staden er eit forbanna høl!

   This place is a damn dump!

• møkkadynge

• avhøl
• høl i huet (said about people doing stupid actions)
• rasshøl (“asshole”)

• “høl” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “høl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.