siuka hus
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Compound of siuka (“sickness; disease”) + hus (“house”). First attested in 1294.
Noun edit
- a sickhouse; a hospital (in a monastery)
- Synonym: siuka gardher
Declension edit
Declension of siuka hus (strong a-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | siūka hūs | siūka hūsit | siūka hūs | siūka hūsin |
accusative | siūka hūs | siūka hūsit | siūka hūs | siūka hūsin |
dative | siūka hūsi, siūka hūse | siūka hūsinu, siūka hūseno | siūka hūsum, siūka hūsom | siūka hūsumin, siūka hūsomen |
genitive | siūka hūss | siūka hūssins | siūka hūsa | siūka hūsanna |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: sjukhus
See also edit
- siuka badhstova (“sauna for the sick”)
- siuka stova (“room for the sick (in monastery)”)
References edit
- Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (in Old Swedish), volumes 4-5. Supplement, 1973, page 708: “siuka hus, n. sjukhus. Se Sdw 2: 1294.”
- Knut Fredrik Söderwall (1900) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (in Old Swedish), volume 2:1. M-T, page 339: “siuka hus (sywka-), n. [N. sjukehus] sjukhus (i ett kloster). LfK 99.”