geholian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulōną, *halōną, *haljaną (to call, fetch, summon), from a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *kel- (to drive) and Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to shout, call), equivalent to ġe- + *holian (to get). Cognate with Old Frisian halia (to get, drive home, take), Middle Dutch and Dutch halen, Old Saxon geholian, halōn (to get), Old High German halōn, holōn (to get, fetch) (German holen), Latin celer (swift), Latin calo (I call, summon). Related to Old English healdan (to grasp, hold, retain). More at accelerate, claim, hold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈholiɑn/

Verb

ġeholian

  1. to obtain

Conjugation

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