Etymology

hamesucken

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Today it means: An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose. Full definition →

Old English hāmsōcn
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  1. Old English · inherited fromhāmsōcn
  2. English todayhamesucken

From Old English hāmsōcn, literally "home-seeking, an attack upon a house; also the fine exacted for this". Compare German Heimsuchung.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.