Old English · noun

hiwisce

Normalised hīwisċe

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /ˈxiː.wiʃ.ʃe/
[ˈhiː.wiʃ.ʃe]
Syllables: ˈxiː · wiʃ · ʃe (3 syllables)
Modern English: huish household

Meaning

household
a hide (of land)

Declension

Declension of hiwisce
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hīwisċe	hīwisċu
Accusative	hīwisċe	hīwisċu
Genitive	hīwisċes	hīwisċa
Dative	hīwisċe	hīwisċum

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”).

Descendants

huish

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