"hous" meaning in Middle English

See hous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /huːs/ Forms: hous [plural], houses [plural], housen [plural], hus [alternative], hows [alternative], house [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous From Old English hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Dutch huis, German Low German Huus, German Haus, Danish hus, Faroese hús, Icelandic hús, Norwegian Bokmål hus, Norwegian Nynorsk hus, Swedish hus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|inh|ang>hūs>house|id=house|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous, {{inh|enm|ang|hūs}} Old English hūs, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hūs}} Proto-West Germanic *hūs, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hūsą}} Proto-Germanic *hūsą, {{cog|nl|huis}} Dutch huis, {{cog|nds-de|Huus}} German Low German Huus, {{cog|de|Haus}} German Haus, {{cog|da|hus}} Danish hus, {{cog|fo|hús}} Faroese hús, {{cog|is|hús}} Icelandic hús, {{cog|nb|hus}} Norwegian Bokmål hus, {{cog|nn|hus}} Norwegian Nynorsk hus, {{cog|sv|hus}} Swedish hus Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} hous, {{enm-noun|pl=hous|pl2=houses|pl3=housen}} hous (plural hous or houses or housen)
  1. house, residence
    Sense id: en-hous-enm-noun-X5FDvdys Categories (other): Housing Disambiguation of Housing: 47 50 3
  2. house of worship, temple Categories (place): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-hous-enm-noun-50jedx5K Disambiguation of Places of worship: 5 93 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, West Midland Middle English, Buildings, Household, Housing Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 13 87 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 86 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 94 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 97 1 Disambiguation of West Midland Middle English: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Buildings: 16 82 2 Disambiguation of Household: 16 78 6 Disambiguation of Housing: 47 50 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|altform=1}} hous
  1. (chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: us
    Sense id: en-hous-enm-pron-5lybiyHm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "hous",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "us"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of us"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "us",
          "us#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly Southwest Midland dialect",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hous"
}

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