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

Descendants

  • Middle English: housen

References

  • hūsian in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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