housel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The Eucharist. archaic
    — The Holy Houſel ought to be kept vvith great Diligence and not be permitted to be ſtale, but another be alvvays hallovved anevv for Sick Men in about a Seven-night, or Fortnight, ſo as that it may not be muſty at leaſt.
动词 v.
  1. To administer the Eucharist to. archaic,transitive
  2. To prepare for a journey. rare,transitive
    — So housel all our hackneys that they may feel Compunction in their feet, and tire at Highgate.

词形变化

housels present,singular,third-person houseling US,participle,present houselling UK,participle,present houseled US,participle,past houseled US,past houselled UK,participle,past houselled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
unhouseled

词源

词源 1
From Middle English housel, from Old English hūsl (“housel, Eucharist, the Host, a sacrifice”), from Proto-Germanic *hunslą (“sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Icelandic húsl (“housel”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (hunsl, “sacrifice, offering”), Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”) (OED).
The OED cites usage of the noun from the 10th to the 17th century. 19th century use is deliberately archaizing. The verb is attested from the 11th century, and in occasional usage persists into the 19th.
词源 2
From Middle English houselen, from Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), from Proto-Germanic *hunslōną (“to sacrifice, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Icelandic húsla (“to housel”), Old Swedish húsla (“to administer the Eucharist to”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hunsljan, “to offer, sacrifice”).
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