housel

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaʊzəl/ Rhymes: -aʊzəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English housel, from Old English hūsl (“housel, Eucharist, the Host, a sacrifice”), from Proto-Germanic *hunslą (“sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Icelandic húsl (“housel”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (hunsl, “sacrifice, offering”), Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”) (OED). The OED cites usage of the noun from the 10th to the 17th century. 19th century use is deliberately archaizing. The verb is attested from the 11th century, and in occasional usage persists into the 19th. ==== Noun ==== housel (archaic) The Eucharist. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English houselen, from Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), from Proto-Germanic *hunslōną (“to sacrifice, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Icelandic húsla (“to housel”), Old Swedish húsla (“to administer the Eucharist to”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hunsljan, “to offer, sacrifice”). ==== Verb ==== housel (third-person singular simple present housels, present participle (US) houseling or (UK) houselling, simple past and past participle (US) houseled or (UK) houselled) (transitive, archaic) To administer the Eucharist to. (transitive, rare) To prepare for a journey. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Houles == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hūsl, hūsel, hūsul, from Proto-West Germanic *hunsl, from Proto-Germanic *hunslą. ==== Alternative forms ==== hosel, hosil, hosol, housil, housul, housyl, husel husell, husul (Early Middle English) hoosyl, hosill, housyll, howsel, howsell, howsill (Late Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhuːzəl/ ==== Noun ==== housel (uncountable) The Eucharist (bread and wine taken at Holy Communion). (rare) The ritual or ceremony of Holy Communion. (rare) Participation or partaking in Holy Communion. ===== Related terms ===== houselen houselynge ===== Descendants ===== English: housel (archaic) Scots: hoozle, ouzle (obsolete) ===== References ===== “hǒusel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== housel alternative form of houselen == Old French == === Alternative forms === huesel === Etymology === From huese +‎ -el. === Noun === housel oblique singular, m (oblique plural houseaus or houseax or housiaus or housiax or housels, nominative singular houseaus or houseax or housiaus or housiax or housels, nominative plural housel) small boot ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: houseau, houseaul, housel French: houseau→ English: huseau