fusen
See also: fūsen
English
Noun
fusen (plural fusen)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fesen
Etymology
From 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
- IPA(key): /ˈfuːzən/
Verb
fūsen (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
Conjugation of fusen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) fusen, fuse | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | fuse | fused | |
2nd-person singular | fusest | fusedest | |
3rd-person singular | fuseth | fused | |
subjunctive singular | fuse | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | fusen, fuse | fuseden, fusede | |
imperative plural | fuseth, fuse | — | |
participles | fusynge, fusende | fused, yfused |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
fusen (neuter fuse or fusent, definite singular and plural fusne, comparative fusnare, indefinite superlative fusnast, definite superlative fusnaste)
Derived terms
- framfusen
References
- “fusen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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