husbonde

Alternative forms

• hosband, hosbonde, hosebonde, housbande, housbond, housbonde, housboonde, husband, husbande

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hūsbonda; equivalent to hous +‎ bonde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu(ː)zˌbɔ(ː)nd(ə)/, /ˈhu(ː)zˌboːnd(ə)/, /ˈhu(ː)zband(ə)/

Noun

husbonde (plural husbondes)

1. A husband; a married man.

   Synonym: wer

2. A male manager or supervisor.
3. The (male) head of a household.
4. A farmer or villein; one who tends to the soil.
5. (rare) A resident; one who lives somewhere.

Noun

hūsbonde f

1. feminine form of hūsbonda; the mistress of a house

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hús-bonde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology

From Old Norse húsbóndi, equivalent to hus +‎ bonde. Cognate to English husband.

Noun

husbonde c

1. master

   Marknadskrafterna är en bra dräng, men de är en dålig husbonde.

   Market forces are a good servant, but a bad master.