houselen
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- huslenn, howselen, hoselyn, hoslen, hoseli, houseli, hously, hosele, howsle, housel, howsell, howsyll
Etymology
[edit]From Old English hūslian, from Proto-Germanic *hunslōną; equivalent to housel + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]houselen
- To administer or give the Eucharist to.
- To participate in the Eucharist.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of houselen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: housel (archaic)
References
[edit]- “hǒuselen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.
Categories:
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English verbs
- Middle English weak verbs
- enm:Christianity