hiwisce

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Old English

Alternative forms

hēwisse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hīwiskī. Cognate with Old Frisian hīskithe (“household unit, household”), Old High German hīwiski (“household, family”), Old Norse hýski (“domestic unit, household”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxiː.wiʃ.ʃe/, [ˈhiː.wiʃ.ʃe]

Noun

hīwisċe n

household
a hide (of land)
Synonym: hīd

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hīwisċe	hīwisċu
accusative	hīwisċe	hīwisċu
genitive	hīwisċes	hīwisċa
dative	hīwisċe	hīwisċum

Descendants

The word survives in Modern English only as a surname and as a placename found in a few parts of England.

Middle English: Hiwis
- English: Huish