Proto-Germanic: *xṓla-n; *xṓlōn- vb.
Meaning: vain speech, to slander
Gothic: *hōlōn wk. `slander'
Old Norse: hōl n. `Lob, Prahlerei', hȫla wk. `rühmen, prahlen'
Norwegian: dial. höla `schmeicheln, loben'
Old English: hōl, -es n. `vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander', hōlian `to speak evil of, slander, calumniate'
Old High German: { huolen `täuschen' }
