housen

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English housen, husen, equivalent to house +‎ -en. === Noun === housen (archaic, now chiefly dialectal) plural of house 1775, Simeon Lyman of Sharon, journal, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 7, page 117: In the forenoon it rained, and in the afternoon I looked round the housen to see the damage they did the town. === Anagrams === unshoe == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English hūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną; equivalent to hous +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== house, howse, howsen, howsyn, huse ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhuːzən/ ==== Verb ==== housen (third-person singular simple present houseth, present participle housende, housynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle housed) To accommodate or lodge; to have as a guest: Synonym: herberwen To provide shelter or refuge. To give out accommodations (to someone). To shelter or reside (in a house or building) Synonym: herberwen To house, store; to place in storage. Synonym: herberwen To build, construct (houses or buildings). To set up or arrange accommodation (in a building) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: house Scots: house, hoose ===== References ===== “hǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === From hous +‎ -en (“plural suffix”). ==== Alternative forms ==== husen, howsen ==== Noun ==== housen plural of hous Synonym: houses == Swedish == === Noun === housen definite singular of house