husbonde
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English hūsbonda; equivalent to hous + bonde.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]husbonde (plural husbondes)
- A husband; a married man.
- Synonym: wer
- A male manager or supervisor.
- The (male) head of a household.
- A farmer or villein; one who tends to the soil.
- (rare) A resident; one who lives somewhere.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “hǒus-bō̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse húsbóndi, equivalent to hus + bonde. Cognate to English husband.
Noun
[edit]husbonde c
- master
- Marknadskrafterna är en bra dräng, men de är en dålig husbonde.
- Market forces are a good servant, but a bad master.
Declension
[edit]Declension of husbonde | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | husbonde | husbonden | husbönder | husbönderna |
Genitive | husbondes | husbondens | husbönders | husböndernas |
Derived terms
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English compound terms
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Agriculture
- enm:Household
- enm:Male family members
- enm:Marriage
- enm:Male people
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish compound terms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:People