different between hosen vs housen

English

Etymology

From Middle English hosen, from Old English hosan (“hosen, leggings, trousers”), plural of hosa (“hose, legging, stocking”); reinforced by German Hosen (“trousers, pants”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z?n

Noun

hosen

1. (poetic, historical, archaic) plural of hose (the old-fashioned garment; stockings)

   • These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments.

   • 1877, Golden Hours:

     And I hoped that in youth the good path may be chosen By each little man who may chance wear these hosen.
2. Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
   • 1857, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:

     At the court of the Kaiser I born was and bred ; and there my hosen and jerkin were made ; […]

   • 2005, Adam McCune, Keith McCune, The Rats of Hamelin:

     The invisible cord ... I followed him down a narrow path with a rippling lake of grain on each side, wheat stalks brushing my hosen.

   • 2009, The Old Testament Made Easier:

     Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen [pants, trousers], and their hats, and their other garments, […]

Anagrams

• hones, shone

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hose +? -en (“infinitival suffix”).

Alternative forms

• hose, hosun, hosone, hosyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??z?n/

Verb

hosen

1. To equip with hose or leggings.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: hose
• Scots: hose

References

• “h?sen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English hosan, from Proto-Germanic *hus?niz; equivalent to hose +? -en (“plural suffix”).

Noun

hosen

1. plural of hose

Descendants

• English: hosen

English

Etymology

From Middle English housen, husen.

Noun

housen

1. (now chiefly dialectal) plural of house
   • 1775, Simeon Lyman of Sharon, journal, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 7, page 117:

     In the forenoon it rained, and in the afternoon I looked round the housen to see the damage they did the town.

   • 1874, "Eight per Cent", The Headington Magazine, volume 6, page 7:

     'If the housen weren't good housen I'd have nothing to say to them,' said Ingram

   • 1880, James Spilling, Molly Miggs's trip to the seaside, page 14:

     I weant on for a gudish way till at last I loast sight o' the great square building behind the housen.

   • 1917, Edward Harry William Meyerstein, Wilfrid Blair, Black and White Magic - Page 60:

     Hide you in your housen! Hang above your Portals The shielding quicken bough!

   • 1929, Mary Webb, Precious Bane:

     “Ho, rooks!” shouted Gideon. “Father's dead, and I be maister, and I've come to say as you shall keep your housen in peace, and I'll keep ye safe from all but my own gun, and you're kindly welcome to bide."

Anagrams

• unshoe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?sian, from Proto-Germanic *h?s?n?; equivalent to hous +? -en (“infinitival ending”).

Alternative forms

• howsen, howsyn, huse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu?z?n/

Verb

housen

1. To shelter, give accomodation
2. To look for shelter
3. To house, store
4. To build, construct (especially referring to houses)

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: (to) house

References

• “h?usen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.

Etymology 2

From hous +? -en (“plural ending”).

Alternative forms

• husen, howsen

Noun

housen

1. plural of hous

Swedish

Noun

housen

1. definite singular of house