Middle English Dictionary Entry
hǒusel n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | hǒusel n.(1) Also husel, hosel. |
Etymology | OE hūsel |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Holy Communion, the sacramental bread and wine, Eucharist; ?also, the bread alone [quot.: Trin.Hom.]; (b) the service of the Eucharist; reception of the Holy Communion; attendance at the service of the Eucharist; gon to ~, to attend Holy Communion; (c) ~ bred, the Host; ~ bord, a table on which the Eucharist is placed; ~ dish, a dish or plate for the Host; ~ peni, money paid for receiving the Holy Communion.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)84/28 : Men sceoldon underfon Cristes lichame on þam halȝæ husle.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6215 : Ȝiff þatt ȝitt endenn ȝunnkerr lif..Wiþþ husell & wiþþ shriffte.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)25 : Þe preost me walde eskien on ester dei hwa me scriue er he me ȝefe husul.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)93 : Þenne understonde he þat husel and drinke of þe calice.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)108/26 : Neomunge of husel in eani heaued sunne, oðer ei oþer sacrement, nis hit te spece of prude?
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)480/627 : Schrift and hosel ich ȝuyrne.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8661 : He..deide wiþoute speche, Wiþoute ssrift & hosel.
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)188 : Graunt vs repentaunce and respiȝt And schrift and hosel or we day.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)235 : I trow þat housel es bothe flesshe & blode.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)842 : Ete noght ar þou haue holy brede..Hyt ys for housyl [vrr. housul, hosil] aȝens þe fendes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25285 : Bot fude of husel [Göt: housil] for bath it es, Bath for þe saul and for þe flexs.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6396 : Man and wyf Shulde shewe her paroch-prest her lyf, Onys a yeer..Er only wight his housel took.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)660 : Sodeynly he deȝed þo Wiþ outen schryft and hosol al so.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)13a/b : Cena: a soper & an housul.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)10/7 : On þe schire Thursday make þai þat breed..and giffez it to seke men in steed of howsill.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Mutability MN (Hrl 2255)142 : Pray the Lord..To graunt..Contricioun, shrifft, hoosyl at thy partyng.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)461 : Thei schulde not take her hosil (that is to seie, the holi eukarist) at nyȝt tyme aftir her soper.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)161/16 : He..dyed withouten owder shrift or howsill or contricion.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)76/6 : At þe beginning of his seknesse he receyued þe sacramentis of penauns and of hosill.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)438 : Graunte or I deye shryft, hosel, repentaunce.
- (1478-80) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.3238 : Payde to Saunder while we were Clerkles to bere a torche with the Hosell, j d.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)2139 : Howsell and shryfte had he.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)39/9 : He ȝaf to hure hure howsel of Goddis body after the masse.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)84/26,30 : We mid bileafan gað to haliȝe husle ure Hælendes lichame..ȝe sceolden ilome gan to þam halȝe husle eowre sawle to hæle.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)269/305 : Marie..deide anon-riȝt after hire hosel.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10250 : Þys tale y tolde for loue of þo Þat yn synne to housel go.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.390 : Þow conseillest vs to ȝelde Al þat we owen any wyȝte ar we go to housel?
- (1425) RParl.4.290b : Ȝife a pore man kake ony on peny of his Tythynges, at aftyr when he shuld be housyld and resceive his sacrament, his housyll and his sacrament shall be denyed hym.
- a1450 Where-of is mad (Dgb 102)72 : But after howsel, þey drynke no wyn.
c
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)546/32 : Patena: huseldisc.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)597 : We praye þis messe vs stande in stede of shrift, & als of housel-brede.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)385/25 : On a passch-day hym happend emang oþer to com vnto þe howselburde.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxlvii : Antecrist makiþ hise knowen..bi peterpens gederynge..& houselpens takynge.