houshold

English

Noun

houshold (plural housholds)

1. Obsolete form of household.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 14:26, column 1:

     And thou ſhalt beſtow that money for whatſoeuer thy ſoule lutſeth after, for oxen, or for ſheepe, or for wine, or for ſtrong drinke, or for whatſoeuer thy ſoule deſireth: and thou ſhalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou ſhalt reioyce, thou and thine houſhold.

   • 1709, [Henry the Minstrel], “How Wallace Came into Scotland Again at the Battel of Elchok-Park”, in The Life and Acts of the Most Famous and Valiant Champion, Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie; Maintainer of the Liberty of Scotland. With a Preface Containing a Short Sum of the History of that Time, Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, →OCLC, book XII, page 304:

     This true Man ſoon aſſembled him beforn: / Three Sons he had that ſtalwart were and bold, / And twenty Men of Kin in his Houſhold.

   • 1755, Richard Burn, The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, volume I, Savoy: […] Henry Lintot, […]; for A. Millar, […], page 20:

     If any perſon ſhall ſell or deliver any beer or ale, to any perſon that ſhall then ſell beer or ale as a common tipler or alehouſekeeper, the ſame perſon not having licence to ſell ale or beer (except it be for the uſe of his houſhold only); […]

   • 1760, Thomas Hitt, A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands. […], London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Richardson […], and J. Webb, […], →OCLC, page 43:

     The number of perſons required to cultivate the land in farms, would not be the whole increaſe that incloſure would promote; for there would be many more required to make and repair all ſorts of utenſils for huſbandry and houſhold-furniture, and alſo artificers for building, and their clothing would likewise cauſe employment for many others.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• household, houshald, houshalde, housholde, howshold, howsholde

Etymology

From hous +‎ hold (“grip, rule, domain”), as a calque of Middle Dutch huushout (modern Dutch huishouden).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːsˌhɔːld/

Noun

houshold (plural housholdes)

1. family, household

   Synonym: hird

2. house, residence
3. household goods
4. household maintenance

Derived terms

• housholdere
• housholdynge

Descendants

• English: household
• Scots: houshald, housald, housell, howsell

References

• “hǒus-hōld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.