bousen
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (“to drink heavily”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bousen (third-person singular simple present bouseth, present participle bousende, bousynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle boused)
- To drink; to booze; to carouse.
- a. 1325, Michael of Kildare (attributed), Hail, Seint Michel, quoted in Die Kildare-gedichte, Heuser, Wilhelm, ed., published 1904, page 155–156:
- Hail, ȝe holi monkes wiþ ȝur corrin, / Late and raþe ifillid of ale and wine! / Depe cun ȝe bouse, þat is al ȝure care,
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- a. 1325, Michael of Kildare (attributed), Hail, Seint Michel, quoted in Die Kildare-gedichte, Heuser, Wilhelm, ed., published 1904, page 155–156:
Descendants edit
References edit
- “bǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-03-07.