høl

• hyl (obsolete)

Partly via Old Danish hyl, from Old Norse hylr, and partly as a contraction of two related words: the equivalent of Norwegian høl and a dialect variant of hul (“depression, cavern”).

høl (singular definite hølen; plural indefinite høller/høl(l)e; plural definite høllene)

1. a depression in a river or stream or a cavern

   Dybt i Jordens hølle og huler.

   Deep into the caves and caverns of the world.

2. a deep location in streams and waters

   Han skyller sine hårede ben i høller.

   He washes his hairy legs in streams.

høl

1. optional and humorous past tense form of hyle.

• "høl" entry in Dictionary of the Danish language from 1700 - 1950

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

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

• kulp
• lon
• fordjuping

East Norwegian dialect variant of hull/hol, "a hole".

høl n

1. replacing hull/hol in certain humorous and slang idioms, as the word is pronounced thus in these cases.

   Dette er jo helt høl i huet!

   This is completely crazy!

   Dette stedet er et forbanna høl!

   This place is a damn dump!

The word is primarily used in speaking context and is not part of the official orthography in either Bokmål or Nynorsk.

• møkkadynge

• avhøl
• høl i huet
• rasshøl

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