husl
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hunsl, from Proto-Germanic *hunslą (“offering, sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Old Norse húsl (“Eucharist”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (hunsl, “offering, sacrifice”), Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hūsl n
- (Christianity) the Eucharist
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Pastoral Letter for Wulfsige"
- Þæt hūsl is Cristes līchama, nā līchamlīċe ac gāstlīċe.
- The Eucharist is the body of Christ, not physically but spiritually.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Pastoral Letter for Wulfsige"
- (religion, originally) offering, sacrifice
Declension edit
Declension of husl (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- (Eucharist): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “husl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (sacrifice): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “husl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.