Old English · noun

hus

Normalised hūs

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xuːs/
[huːs]
Syllables: xuːs (1 syllable)
Modern English: house haase heus hoose hous

Meaning

house

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11

He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."

Declension

Declension of hus
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hūs	hūs
Accusative	hūs	hūs
Genitive	hūses	hūsa
Dative	hūse	hūsum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hus From Proto-West Germanic *hūs. Cognate with Old Frisian hūs, Old Saxon hūs, Old Dutch hūs, Old High German hūs and Old Norse hús.

Descendants

haase, heus, hoose, hous, house

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