Middle English Dictionary Entry
hǒus-bō̆nd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hǒus-bō̆nd(e n. Also -bọ̄nde, -band(e, -baunde, housebond(e, -bounde, houssebonde & hū̆sbā̆nd(e, -bond(e, -bunde, usbond, husebonde, -band(e, husseband, ussebond(e & hosbond(e, -band(e, hosebond(e, -bounde, -bunde, hossebond, hos(e)bon & heusebonde & (Latinized) husbando, etc. |
| Etymology | LOE hūs-bōnda, -bunda, from ON. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A male spouse, married man, husband; also fig.; (b) alch.?sophic sulphur.
Associated quotations
a
- a1275 Say me viit (Trin-C B.14.39)2 : Teche me wou i sule don þat min hosebonde me louien wolde.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)137 : For [ne] wille ich þe loue, ne non oþer, Bote mi wedde houssebonde.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)1039 : Heo hadde on husebonde [Ld: hadde hosebonde] Þeȝ he were vt of londe.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)193 : And is wif gret Ioie made with hire housebonde.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.388 : Why wiltow haue non husbond Þat miȝt þe spouse wiþ pride?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)48/22 : Þis zenne him dobbleþ oþerhuil huanne hi is of man y-spoused, wyþ wymman þet heþ housebounde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)239/27 : At ane bredale..he hedde yslaȝe þane hosebounde.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2794 : Now is he fram me ago, þat schold be my hosbonde [rime: londe].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.5.12-13 : A man whoos wife erre &, þe housboonde [Corp-O: housbonde; WB(2): hosebonde] despysynge, slepe wiþ anoþer man & þat þe housbaunde may not knowyn of bote þe auoutrie is hud..he shal ledyn here to þe prest.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.3081 : Ye shul..taken hym for housbonde and for lord.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.471 : Molde þe emperice was sone forsake of here housebonde, Geffray.
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)355 : Þe phariseus brouȝten to hym a woman þat was founden in bed wiþ anoþer man þan here hosebounde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)70b/a : Ȝif a seruynge womman is of bonde condicioun, sche is not I-suffred to take an housbonde at here owne wille.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.155 : Than sold scho to the tempel wende Wit hir child and hir hosbande [rime: offerande].
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1732 : Þere þe wyfe haunteþ foly Vndyr here husbunde a ludby.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10659 : Quen men til hir of husband spak, Sco said þat nan ne wald sco take.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.267 : Ther nys squier ne knyght..That he nel bowe to þat bonde to bede hure an hosebonde [vrr. housebond, husbonde], And wedden hure for hure welthe.
- a1425(a1400) Ihesu þat hast (Wht)98 : Ihesu..Teche my soule, þat is thi wyfe, To loue best no thing in londe Bot the, Ihesu, here dere housebonde.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)40a/a : Maritellus: a litel vssebonde.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)35/708 : Þe wyf and þe hosbond he [Coveitousnesse] mai part a-twyn, Þaȝ þai be boundon togeder be þe sacrement.
- (1443) Paston2.55 : Ryth worchipful hosbon, I recomande me to yow.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1544 : Ioachym..husbonde was To anne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2281 : He þoughte his doughtres gyue hosebandes.
- a1450(c1405) Purvey Determ.(Trin-C B.14.50)171/49 : Crist, þat is heed of holi chirche, is þe housbonde.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.43/9 : For to say placebo & dirige..for my housbondsowle.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)279/8 : What was youre husbondes name?
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)202 : All þe wyues..To fech hom þer husbondes, þat were þam trouth-plyȝt.
- a1475 Leve lystynes (Brog 2.1)p.29 : Talys lett vs tell Off owre hosbondes ware.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)1/22 : In the deth of thyne hossebond, thowe yeuyste þi wylle jne to myn hondes.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)170/31 : Marie Magdalein..wold neuer haue housbonde.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)129/407 : It is I, Mak, youre husbande.
b
- a1500 Of spayn (Corp-O 226)7 : Make a matremoyne pure Betwis the husband & his wif I-spowsid with the spirit of lif.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)49a : It..maketh our stone flie with it sonne, Reviving the dead & giving lyffe To sonne & mone, husbande & wife.
2.
(a) The master of a house, paterfamilias; the male head of a household, householder; also fig.; (b) a man in charge of something, keeper, overseer, household manager, steward; also fig.; (c) an inhabitant, resident; also, a host.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31958 : Of æuer elche huse þat husbonde wunede, & his biweddede wif weore on þere ilke wike, ðe king enne peni ȝette to Peteres huse.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)6/37 : Þe husebonde, þet is wit, warneð his hus þus.
- a1250 SWard (Tit D.18)3/5 : Ȝif þe husebonde [Bod: lauerd] wiste..hwenne..þe þeof walde cumen to his hus to breken, he walde wakien.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)89 : Þo þis housebonde cam hom and ne founde him [his son] nouȝt þere..and axede ȝware he were.
- (?1375) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.74196 : De tribus oblacionibus..in quolibet prædictorum festorum, de unoquoque Husebande obolum, et de unaquaque Husewif obolum.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)259/26 : His ffadur he fond In good stat and styf hosebond.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)170a/a : Predium..is a place in þe whiche an husbond beldeþ his hous and wonnyng places in þe myddil of his owne feeldes.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.168 : Do com..burgeis & merchant & knyght & squiere, & mak þam ȝour tenant..hosbond & sergant, & tak of þam homage.
- a1400 Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.156 : Et si est dies piscis, duo hosebondi habebunt quinque allecia et sedebunt simul.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)248 : Hosebonde, of gouernaunce of an howsholde: Paterfamilias.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1080 : Hit is not straunge if..An husbonde [L patremfamilias] on his bath to be bithought.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.44/3 : Item, all my Syluer wessell..I wol that it be smytten in koyne and to be departed among poere housbondes here in this Contre.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)385/27 : Þe preste..gaf þis husband, in-stead of his howsell, þe same yll peny þat he offerd.
- (1474) Will Sus.in Sus.RS 43142 : First, to pouer husbondes, ploughmen in the contree, such as have wife and children, and pour widowes, and other such pour diligent labourers in pour villages..in almes..cc li.
- -?-(?a1500) Hunt.Hare (Adv 19.3.1)17 : The fyrst mon that he mett withall Was a husbond hyght Honkyn of the Hall.
b
- (1130) Pipe R.Hen.I38 : Odo filius Godrici reddit Compotum de iiij m. arg. pro terra et Ministerio Husbondi foreste..Et Id. Odo deb. x m. arg. pro Foresta quia non bene custodivit.
- (1130) Pipe R.Hen.I40 : Willelmus de Lahela reddit Compotum de vij m. arg. pro forisfactura pecunie Husbondi.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.35 : Take hede of seuene persones..kyng in his rewme..housbond [L oeconomi] in hous, religious man in chirche.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)56b/a : Þe stomak is puruyour & housbonde of al þe body and fongiþ fedinge for alle þe membres.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13400 : Sir architricline, þat o þat hus was þan husband, And costes to þe bridal fand.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)70b/b : Yconomus: an hosbonde of howsholde.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)574 : Now speke y wylle of tresurere, Husbonde and houswyf he is in fere.
- (1475) Paston (Gairdner)5.237 : I purpose to..come home to yow, and be yowr hosbonde and balyff.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)69 : This hathe bene proved by many olde yeres husbandes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)66a : A husband: Editruus [Monson: edituus], jconomus.
c
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)165 : Non hospes ab hospite tutus..nis þe gist siker of þe husebonde.
- (1409) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125177 : No man of the sayd crafte sall..sette no sho to no hors fote apon the Sonondays..bot..to husbands of the cuntre and to straungers that sodanly comes to hym, the whilk is nedefull.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)66a : A husband:..jncola.
3.
(a) A bondman, villein; also, a customary tenant who has a holding of land in addition to the croft land attached to his homestead [see DOST]; (b) ~ lond, the holding of a housbonde tenant [see DOST]; (c) a tiller of the soil, husbandman, farmer; also, a rustic; ~ toun, ?a farm, ?a country village.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (?c1300) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lxxxix : Idem Johannes habet sub se v husbandos, quorum quilibet tenet unum toftum et xv acras terræ, et quilibet reddit ei vj s..Husbandi. Sunt ibidem x tofta husbandorum, ad quæ pertinent iiij carucatæ terræ. ]
- (1386) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.240 : Volo quod tota firma mea..condonetur omnibus tenentibus meis, videlicet Husbandis, Cotiers, et Bond; nec volo quod legacio hæc se extendat ad liberos tenentes meos aut ingenuos.
- a1400 Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.1426 : Gilbertus Copsi Capellanus dat domino Abbati dimidiam marcam, ut Henricus Koc filius suus fiat heusebonde de sex acris terræ de lancectagio ipsius Abbatis in Depedale.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)713 : Goþ, greteþ hem wel, myn housbondes and wyf; I wol ben atte nexte schire, haue God my lyf!
- (1426-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100304 : Expens..Willelmo Hoggeson de Harton pro sustentacione unius husband ibidem..10 s.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)139 : His husbandes [Cmb: husbondus] þat gaffe hym rent Heryede in plighte.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)146 : He closed his perkes agayne (Alle his husbandis were fayne).
b
- [ 1321 *Merton College Records [OD col.]No.6186 : Willelmus Alsilwyr pro i toft' et i bovett' de terra dominici et ij bovett' de terra husband' reddit iiij li. ]
- [ (1479) Hexham in Sur.Soc.464 : Opera et consuetudines de terris husbandorum. Item, sunt ibidem xij terrae husbandorum, quarum quælibet cont. xvj acras terrae arabilis et prati. ]
- (1345) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.81 : [Seven tenements called] husbandlandes.
- (1347) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.81 : [Five tenements called] Husbandlandes.
- (1441-2) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12127 : Ther was a commonyng..for eschannge to be mad of certeyn husbondlands in Aldcambus for certeyn husbondlands..wythyn the barony of Coldyngham.
- -?-(1414) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.66264 : Ego Robertus Clifford..concessi..unam terram vocatam Husbondelond.
- -?-(1416) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.66265 : Ego Thomas Paas..dedi..totam illam terram vocatam Husbandeland, cum tofto et crofto..in com. Northumbriae.
c
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)299 : Husebondes hire [the fox] haten for hire harm dedes.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2427 : Þere cam folk i-novȝ..Of seriaunz and of squiers and oþere house-bondes i-nowe, And þe simple men of þe londe.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)233 : A man was while an hosebonde þat sette a gret vyne, And by-wallede hit aboute..And hurede him eorþ-tylyers.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11302 : Roberd of caumpedene, þat hosebonde [vr. hosebon] was on, Vor he was a lute clerc, he ssrof hom echon.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)11.180 : A lyf [vr. Actif it] is I-hoten, hosebondes [vrr. usbondis, husbondes, housbondes, hosbondes] hit vsen.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.145 : His fa..seu..Darnel..Riht al imang this hosband sede.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.146 : We mai wel gastli vnderstande Godd al mihti bi this hosbande.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)13.198 : As an hosebonde hopeþ after an hard wynter, Yf god gyueþ hym þe lif, to haue a good heruest.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)13 : He hadde ben wyde-wher, but non housbond he was; Al þe lond þat he had, it was verrey purchas.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)28838 : Þaire sede to þe feld bus husbandes bere.
- a1425 Iesu þat wolde (LdMisc 463)p.193 : If he haue gret enuie To his neighebores hosbonderye And wolde his lond were vntyled..For as myche as he wolde beo Holden better hosebond þan he.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1168 : For husbondis..al this good is, For they must walke in breris & in woodis.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)545 : The marchaundy of Brabane and Selande Be..garleke and onyons, And saltfysche als for husbond and comons.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)85/10 : Þei abiden & desiren þe deþ as doþ..a good hosebonde þe good haruest.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)32/4 : Þer was a husbond..remembrid hym how..he had remoud a stake..oute of his awn feldis into a knyghtis felde..to enlarge his awn grond with.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)87/31 : The said Iohn and Robert..as good husbondis, shold sowe the londis of the said maner.
- c1475(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Hrl 661)p.418 : All this cuntrey is..full of vitaile, corne, and catell, and many goode villages and husbonde townys.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)152 : Þei..done þe husbondys mycull pyne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)117/22 : Thus ar husbandys opprest.
- a1500 Macer (Hat 29)p.160 : Þe husbandys [L cultores] in tyme of ȝeer kepyn hyr swarmes with suche enoyntyng.
4.
As surname.
Associated quotations
- (1176) in Pipe R.Soc.25110 : Ernaldus Husebond'.
- (1235-52) Cust.Glastonbury in Som.RS 5109 : Ranulfus Husebonde.
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1482 : Henr' le Husbonde.
- (1294) Close R.Edw.I399 : William Husebond.
- (1301) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms32 : Will. Huseband.
- (1307) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms32 : Rog. Hosebunde.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7252 : Will'o le Hosbonde.
- (1332) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms32 : Alex. Husseband.
- (1341) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms32 : Nic. le Hosebonde.
- (1377) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms32 : Thom. Hosebond.
- 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1554 : Nicholai Husbonde.
- (1472) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms32 : David. Husbond.