husbonde
Middle English
Alternative forms
- housbonde, husband, husbande, housboonde, hosebonde, housbande
Etymology
From Old English hūsbonda. Equivalent to hus + bonde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuːsbɔnd/, /ˈhuːsboːnd/, /ˈhusband/
Noun
husbonde (plural husbondes)
- married male, husband
- head of a household
- farmer, villein
Descendants
- English: husband
- Scots: husband
References
- “hǒus-bō̆nd(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse húsbóndi. Cognate to English husband (more cognates: see there).
Noun
husbonde c
- master
- Marknadskrafterna är en bra dräng, men de är en dålig husbonde. - Market forces are a good servant, but a bad master.