hiwisce

== 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: ==== Synonyms ==== hīwisċ ==== Derived terms ==== hīwisċlīċe ==== Related terms ==== hīwsċiepe ==== 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