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Definition housel

Etymology 1

From Middle English housel, from Old English h?sl (“housel, Eucharist, the Host, a sacrifice”), from Proto-Germanic *hunsl? (“sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *?wen- (“holy”). Cognate with Icelandic húsl (“housel”), Gothic ????? (hunsl, “sacrifice, offering”), Proto-Slavic *sv?t? (“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.

Noun

housel

1. (archaic) the Eucharist

Etymology 2

From Middle English houselen, from Old English h?slian (“to administer the sacrament”), from Proto-Germanic *hunsl?n? (“to sacrifice, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *?wen- (“holy”). Cognate with Icelandic húsla (“to housel”), Old Swedish húsla (“to administer the Eucharist to”), Gothic ???????? (hunsljan, “to offer, sacrifice”).

Verb

housel (third-person singular simple present housels, present participle houseling or houselling, simple past and past participle houseled or houselled)

1. (transitive, archaic) To administer the Eucharist to.
2. (transitive, rare) To prepare for a journey.

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