houseling

houseling · noun, adjective, verb¹

1. Old English · derived fromhūslian“to administer the sacrament”
2. Old English · inherited fromhūslung“administration of the sacrament”
3. Middle English · inherited fromhouselyng
4. English todayhouseling

From Middle English houselyng, housling, from Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), from Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), equivalent to housel + -ing.

houseling · noun²

From house + -ling.

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