siuka hus

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Old Swedish

Etymology

Compound of siuka (“sickness; disease”) +‎ hus (“house”). First attested in 1294.

Noun

a sickhouse; a hospital (in a monastery)
Synonym: siuka gardher

Declension

Declension of siūka hūs (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	siūka hūs	siūka hūsit	siūka hūs	siūka hūsin
accusative	siūka hūs	siūka hūsit	siūka hūs	siūka hūsin
dative	siūka hūsi, siūka hūse	siūka hūsinu, siūka hūseno	siūka hūsum, siūka hūsom	siūka hūsumin, siūka hūsomen
genitive	siūka hūss	siūka hūssins	siūka hūsa	siūka hūsanna

Descendants

Swedish: sjukhus

See also

siuka badhstova (“sauna for the sick”)
siuka stova (“room for the sick (in monastery)”)

References

Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (in Old Swedish), volumes 4-5. Supplement, 1973, page 708: “siuka hus, n. sjukhus. Se Sdw 2: 1294.”
Knut Fredrik Söderwall (1900) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (in Old Swedish), volume 2:1. M-T, page 339: “siuka hus (sywka-), n. [N. sjukehus] sjukhus (i ett kloster). LfK 99.”

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