husl
Old English
Alternative forms
- hūsel, hūsul
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hunslą (“offering, sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Old Norse húsl (“Eucharist”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (hunsl, “offering, sacrifice”), Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xuːsl/, [huːzl]
Noun
hūsl n
- (Christianity) the Eucharist
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Pastoral Letter for Wulfsige"
- Þæt hūsl is Cristes līchama, nā līchamlīċe ac gāstlīċe.
- The Eucharist is the body of Christ, not physically but spiritually.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Pastoral Letter for Wulfsige"
- (religion, originally) offering, sacrifice
Declension
Declension of husl (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | hūsl | hūsl |
accusative | hūsl | hūsl |
genitive | hūsles | hūsla |
dative | hūsle | hūslum |
Derived terms
- hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”)
Descendants
- Middle English: housel
- English: housel
References
- (Eucharist): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “husl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- (sacrifice): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “husl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.