husl

Old English

Alternative forms

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): /ˈhuːsl̩/, [ˈhuːzl̩]

Noun

hūsl n

  1. (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.
  2. (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

References
  • (Eucharist): husl in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • (sacrifice): husl in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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