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HÚS

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
HÚS, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§4; §5; §7; §131; §166; §306; §307; §325; §343; §562;
A HOUSE, a family
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  • Hic lar þis fýr on ánfealdum getele, and hit getácnaþ hús on mænigfealdum getele, hi lares ðás hús; ðanon is gecweden lardum spic, forðan hit on húsum hangaþ lange,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 48.

  • Baðiendra manna hús ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne

    apodyterium, i. e. domus qua vestimenta balneantium ponuntur,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 55
      • :
    • Som. 67, 9
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 37, 6.

  • Lytle hús of bredan

    tabernæ vel gurgustia,

    • Wrt. Voc. 37, 8.

  • Byþ gelíc ðam wísan were se hys hús ofer stán getimbrode

    assimilabitur viro sapienti qui ædificavit domum suam supra petram,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24.

  • Gewát neósian heán húses

    went and visited the lofty house,

    • Beo. Th. 233
      • ;
    • B. 116.

  • Maria húse gesætt

    Maria domi sedebat,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind, 11, 20.

  • Lét fleógan hrefn of húse út

    [out of the ark]

    ,
    • Cd. 71
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 1442.

  • Se wilda fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ,

    • Exon. 58 b
      • ;
    • Th. 211, 24
      • ;
    • Ph. 202.

  • Ðæt fǽge hús

    the corpse,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1759
      • ;
    • EI. 881.

  • Israhéla hús

    domus Israel,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 18, 1, 19 : 134, 21.

  • Nis nán wítega búton wurþscipe búton on his éðele and on his mægþe and on his húse

    non est propheta sine honore nisi in patria sua et in cognatione sua et in domo sua,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 4.
Etymology
[
Goth. O. Sax. O. Frs. Icel. O. H. Ger. hús
:
Ger. haus.
]
Derived forms
ambiht-, bán-, bed-, dóm-, eorþ-, feld-, feoh-, feorh-, friþ-, gæst-, geofon-, gift-, græf-, helle-, mán-, mere-, morðor-, nicor-, sáwel-, wíg-, wíte-hús
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HÚS.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19996.

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