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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hunsl, 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
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.
- (religion, originally) offering, sacrifice
Declension
Declension of hūsl (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”)
Descendants
- Middle English: housel, hoosyl, hosel, hosil, hosill, hosol, housil, housul, housyl, housyll, howsel, howsell, howsill, husel, husell, husul
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