housesteadn.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsˌstɛd/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊ(s)ˌstɛd/

Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and stead n.; also 1600s housted.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymons: house n.¹, stead n.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian hūsstede , Middle Dutch huusstede (Dutch huisstede , huissteed , huisstee ), Old Saxon hūsstedi (Middle Low German hūsstede , hūse stad , (with shortening of the vowel in the first syllable) hustede , hustidde ), Old High German hūsstat (early modern German hausstatt , hausstette (17th cent.)) < the Germanic base of house n.¹ + the Germanic base of stead n. In later use apparently independently re-formed < house n.¹ + stead n., probably after homestead n.Also attested in place names, as la Houstede, Wiltshire (1281; now Hursted Farm), Lethenardishustudes (field name), Macclesfield, Cheshire (1290), le houstude (field name), Hurdsfield, Cheshire (1323), etc.

A place or piece of ground on which a house stands; the site of a house. Also: the house, and sometimes the adjacent outbuildings, occupying this. Cf. homestead n. 2.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the late 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) > of type of building

housesteadOE

burghal division1591

house lot1636

shop lot1816

town site1818

homesite1911

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) lii. 96 Ðeos wyrt..byþ cenned on ealdum husstedum [L. in parietinis] & eac on fuhtum stowum.

1687 W. Petty Five Ess. Polit. Arithm. i. 18 The 82 thousand Families of Paris stand upon the equivalent of 65 thousand London Housteds.

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 511 The spot... contains, beside an house-stead, offices, and counting-room, a bowling green, a garden, and a park.

1843 J. Ward Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent xiii. 280 The House-stead of the Grange is pleasantly seated near the summit of a hill.

1897 H. Speight Romantic Richmondshire (Preface) 5 All the ancient camps, cairns,..house-steads, roads, dykes, and other evidences of prehistoric occupation.

1915 M. Hewlett Lovers' Tale xxiv. 289 She..kept [the horse] at a walking pace through the wood... Presently she saw Thorwald's house-stead in the hollow of the hills.

2008 M. Murray Tears for Breakfast xii. 197 The picturesque old housestead had sadly burnt down, but in its place stood a nice bungalow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	housestead
释义	housesteadn. Brit. /ˈhaʊsˌstɛd/, U.S. /ˈhaʊ(s)ˌstɛd/ Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and stead n.; also 1600s housted. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymons: house n.¹, stead n. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian hūsstede , Middle Dutch huusstede (Dutch huisstede , huissteed , huisstee ), Old Saxon hūsstedi (Middle Low German hūsstede , hūse stad , (with shortening of the vowel in the first syllable) hustede , hustidde ), Old High German hūsstat (early modern German hausstatt , hausstette (17th cent.)) < the Germanic base of house n.¹ + the Germanic base of stead n. In later use apparently independently re-formed < house n.¹ + stead n., probably after homestead n.Also attested in place names, as la Houstede, Wiltshire (1281; now Hursted Farm), Lethenardishustudes (field name), Macclesfield, Cheshire (1290), le houstude (field name), Hurdsfield, Cheshire (1323), etc. A place or piece of ground on which a house stands; the site of a house. Also: the house, and sometimes the adjacent outbuildings, occupying this. Cf. homestead n. 2.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the late 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) > of type of building housesteadOE burghal division1591 house lot1636 shop lot1816 town site1818 homesite1911 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) lii. 96 Ðeos wyrt..byþ cenned on ealdum husstedum [L. in parietinis] & eac on fuhtum stowum. 1687 W. Petty Five Ess. Polit. Arithm. i. 18 The 82 thousand Families of Paris stand upon the equivalent of 65 thousand London Housteds. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 511 The spot... contains, beside an house-stead, offices, and counting-room, a bowling green, a garden, and a park. 1843 J. Ward Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent xiii. 280 The House-stead of the Grange is pleasantly seated near the summit of a hill. 1897 H. Speight Romantic Richmondshire (Preface) 5 All the ancient camps, cairns,..house-steads, roads, dykes, and other evidences of prehistoric occupation. 1915 M. Hewlett Lovers' Tale xxiv. 289 She..kept [the horse] at a walking pace through the wood... Presently she saw Thorwald's house-stead in the hollow of the hills. 2008 M. Murray Tears for Breakfast xii. 197 The picturesque old housestead had sadly burnt down, but in its place stood a nice bungalow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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