fusen
See also: fūsen
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 不戦 (fusen, “not fighting, not competing”).
Noun
editfusen (plural fusen)
Derived terms
editJapanese
editRomanization
editfusen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English fȳsan (“to send forth, impel, stimulate: drive away, put to flight, banish; hasten, prepare oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną. Reinforced by Old English gefȳsan (“to make ready, cause to hasten, make eager”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfūsen (third-person singular simple present fūseth, present participle fūsende, fūsynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fūsed)
- To send or bring speedily; to hasten; to launch, to hurl a weapon; to proceed
- He lette þider fusen al þat he hafde ihalden, þat corn of þissen londe. — Layamon's Brut, 1275
- To put to flight; pursue, to banish, to rush or charge at
- Oþer þu heom fusen, oþer þu heom feolle. — Layamon's Brut, 1275
- To urge on or exhort
Conjugation
editConjugation of fusen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
editNorwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editfusen m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAdjective
editfusen (neuter fuse or fusent, definite singular and plural fusne, comparative fusnare, indefinite superlative fusnast, definite superlative fusnaste)
Derived terms
editNoun
editfusen m
References
edit- “fusen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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