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hulver Obs. exc. dial.|ˈhʌlvə(r)|
Also 5 holvyr, hulfere, -wur, -uyr, 6 -war.
[In late ME. hulfere, app. the same as ON. hulfr, which is explained by Vigf. as ‘dogwood’. The ulterior history of the word, and the question of its relation to holly or holm, are undetermined.]
Holly. knee hulver, Butcher's Broom, Ruscus aculeatus. sea hulver, Sea Holly, Eryngo.
c1430Lydg. Compl. Bl. Knt. 129 Betwix an hulfere and a wodebinde. 14..Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) xl, Holvyr and Heyvy mad a gret party, Ho xuld have the maystri. c1440Promp. Parv. 253/1 Hulwur, tre (K., P. huluyr), hulmus. 1578Lyte Dodoens iv. lviii. 519 Sea Holme, or Huluer, and Sea Holly. Ibid. vi. xxxiv. 701 In Englishe it is called Holme, Holly, and Huluer. 1819H. Busk Vestriad iv. 719 The skirt of hulver and the screen of spruce. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Hulver, holly. 1859All Year Round No. 36. 225/1 The holly..in Norfolk..called hulver.
b. attrib. and Comb., as hulver bush, hulver tree; hulver-head, -headed a. (see quots.); hulver oak, the holm-oak.
1538Turner Libellus, Ruscus,..an Huluar tre. 1597Gerarde Herbal iii. xxx. 1159 The..Ilex..might be called Holme Oke, Huluer Oke, or Holly Oke. 1601Holland Pliny xxiv. xiii. (R.), Touching the Holly, or Hulver-tree. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Hulver-head, a silly foolish Fellow. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T., Hulver-headed, silly, puzzle-pated. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Hulver-headed, stupid; muddled; confused; as if the head were enveloped in a hulver bush. |