housen

English

Etymology

From Middle English housen, husen, equivalent to house +‎ -en.

Noun

housen

1. (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.

   • 1874, “Eight per Cent”, in The Headington Magazine, volume 6, page 7:

     'If the housen weren't good housen I'd have nothing to say to them,' said Ingram

   • 1880, James Spilling, Molly Miggs's trip to the seaside, page 14:

     I weant on for a gudish way till at last I loast sight o' the great square building behind the housen.

   • 1917, Edward Harry William Meyerstein, Wilfrid Blair, Black and White Magic - Page 60:

     Hide you in your housen! Hang above your Portals The shielding quicken bough!

   • 1929, Mary Webb, Precious Bane:

     “Ho, rooks!” shouted Gideon. “Father's dead, and I be maister, and I've come to say as you shall keep your housen in peace, and I'll keep ye safe from all but my own gun, and you're kindly welcome to bide."

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)

1. To accommodate or lodge; to have as a guest:

   Synonym: herberwen

   1. To provide shelter or refuge.
   2. To give out accommodations (to someone).
2. To shelter or reside (in a house or building)

   Synonym: herberwen

3. To house, store; to place in storage.

   Synonym: herberwen

4. To build, construct (houses or buildings).
5. To set up or arrange accommodation (in a building)

Conjugation

Conjugation of housen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) housen, house
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	house	housed
2nd-person singular	housest	housedest
3rd-person singular	houseth	housed
subjunctive singular	house
imperative singular		—
plural1	housen, house	houseden, housede
imperative plural	houseth, house	—
participles	housynge, housende	housed, yhoused

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: house
• Scots: house, hoose

References

• “hǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.

Etymology 2

From hous +‎ -en (“plural suffix”).

Alternative forms

• husen, howsen

Noun

housen

1. plural of hous

Swedish

Noun

housen

1. definite singular of house