bousen

Middle English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (“to drink heavily”).

Verb

bousen (third-person singular simple present bouseth, present participle bousende, bousynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle boused)

1. To drink; to booze; to carouse.
   • a. 1325 Michael of Kildare (atrributed), Hail, Seint Michel, quoted in Die Kildare-gedichte, Heuser, Wilhelm, ed., published 1904, page 155–156:

     Hail, ȝe holi monkes wiþ ȝur corrin, / Late and raþe ifillid of ale and wine! / Depe cun ȝe bouse, þat is al ȝure care,

Descendants

• English: booze, bouse, bowse

References

• “bǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-03-07.