housen
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English housen, husen, equivalent to house + -en.
Noun edit
housen
- (archaic, now chiefly dialectal) plural of house
- 1775, Simeon Lyman of Sharon, journal, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 7, page 117:
- In the forenoon it rained, and in the afternoon I looked round the housen to see the damage they did the town.
- 1874, “Eight per Cent”, in The Headington Magazine, volume 6, page 7:
- 'If the housen weren't good housen I'd have nothing to say to them,' said Ingram
- 1880, James Spilling, Molly Miggs's trip to the seaside, page 14:
- I weant on for a gudish way till at last I loast sight o' the great square building behind the housen.
- 1917, Edward Harry William Meyerstein, Wilfrid Blair, Black and White Magic - Page 60:
- Hide you in your housen! Hang above your Portals The shielding quicken bough!
- 1929, Mary Webb, Precious Bane:
- “Ho, rooks!” shouted Gideon. “Father's dead, and I be maister, and I've come to say as you shall keep your housen in peace, and I'll keep ye safe from all but my own gun, and you're kindly welcome to bide."
- 1775, Simeon Lyman of Sharon, journal, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 7, page 117:
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English hūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną; equivalent to hous + -en (infinitival suffix).
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
housen (third-person singular simple present houseth, present participle housende, housynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle housed)
- To accommodate or lodge; to have as a guest:
- Synonym: herberwen
- To provide shelter or refuge.
- To give out accommodations (to someone).
- To shelter or reside (in a house or building)
- Synonym: herberwen
- To house, store; to place in storage.
- Synonym: herberwen
- To build, construct (houses or buildings).
- To set up or arrange accommodation (in a building)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of housen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.
Etymology 2 edit
From hous + -en (“plural suffix”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
housen
Swedish edit
Noun edit
housen