husian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hūsōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną. Equivalent to hūs +‎ -ian. Cognate with Dutch huizen, German hausen and Norwegian Nynorsk husa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.si.ɑn/, [ˈhuː.zi.ɑn]

Verb

hūsian

1. to give shelter, house

Conjugation

Conjugation of hūsian (weak class 2)

infinitive	hūsian	hūsienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hūsiġe	hūsode
second person singular	hūsast	hūsodest
third person singular	hūsaþ	hūsode
plural	hūsiaþ	hūsodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hūsiġe	hūsode
plural	hūsiġen	hūsoden
imperative
singular	hūsa
plural	hūsiaþ
participle	present	past
	hūsiende	(ġe)hūsod

Descendants

• Middle English: housen, house, howse, howsen, howsyn, huse
  • English: house
  • Scots: house, hoose

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hūsian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.