fusen
See also: fūsen
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese
Noun
editfusen (plural fusen)
Derived terms
editJapanese
editRomanization
editfusen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English fȳsan (“to send forth, impel, stimulate: drive away, put to flight, banish; hasten, prepare oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną. Reinforced by Old English gefȳsan (“to make ready, cause to hasten, make eager”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfūsen (third-person singular simple present fūseth, present participle fūsende, fūsynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fūsed)
- To send or bring speedily; to hasten; to launch, to hurl a weapon; to proceed
- He lette þider fusen al þat he hafde ihalden, þat corn of þissen londe. — Layamon's Brut, 1275
- To put to flight; pursue, to banish, to rush or charge at
- Oþer þu heom fusen, oþer þu heom feolle. — Layamon's Brut, 1275
- To urge on or exhort
Conjugation
editConjugation of fusen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
editNorwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editfusen m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAdjective
editfusen (neuter fuse or fusent, definite singular and plural fusne, comparative fusnare, indefinite superlative fusnast, definite superlative fusnaste)
Derived terms
editNoun
editfusen m
References
edit- “fusen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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