housefastadj.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsfɑːst/,

/ˈhaʊsfast/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌfæst/

Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and fast adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, fast adj.

Etymology: < house n.¹ + fast adj.With sense 1 compare the following example, which appears to show use as a noun (with plural in -n), although the form of the word may be garbled (compare the variant readings):a1300–1400 (a1268) H. Bracton De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae (1922) II. 351 In franco plegio esse debent omnes qui terram tenent et domum, qui dicuntur husfastene [v.rr. housfastenter, hussefesten], et etiam alii qui illis deserviunt, qui dicuntur folgheres. The word apparently became obsolete during the Middle English period and was re-formed in the 19th cent.

Now chiefly regional.

†1. Of a person: owning or living in a house; that is a householder. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder

housefastc1275

housekeepera1425

householder1434

potwaller1701

pot-wobblera1712

potwalloper1744

compound householder1851

c1275 ( Agreement with Ordric the Cellarer, Bury St. Edmunds in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 220 Aelc man in sancte Eadmundes byri husfast on his owe land sal gifen to þe halegenes bidripe þe horder on peni at Peter mæsse on ginning herefest.

2. Chiefly regional. = housebound adj. (b) at house n.¹ and int. Compounds 10.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > confined > to house, office, or town

homebound1794

house-ridden1835

town-bound1835

housefast1855

housebound1878

office-bound1961

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 88 Housefast, confined by illness or otherwise, to the house.

1874 W. Allan Hamespun Lilts 153 O' ither wives wha ne'er were keepit hoose-fast, Like what she was.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 51 She..was still house-fast, or unable to leave the house.

1935 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 1 May 3 Mrs Peddicord was housefast for several days with neuralgia.

1979 Nutrition & Health Old Age (Dept. Health & Social Security) 177 Although housefast, she was able to cook but had little inclination to do so.

2005 Bull. Yorks. Dial. Soc. Summer 6 For rest o'deea there were nobbut skilly ti eat; an' hoosfast for rest o'weeak.

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

单词	housefast
释义	housefastadj. Brit. /ˈhaʊsfɑːst/, /ˈhaʊsfast/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌfæst/ Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and fast adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, fast adj. Etymology: < house n.¹ + fast adj.With sense 1 compare the following example, which appears to show use as a noun (with plural in -n), although the form of the word may be garbled (compare the variant readings):a1300–1400 (a1268) H. Bracton De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae (1922) II. 351 In franco plegio esse debent omnes qui terram tenent et domum, qui dicuntur husfastene [v.rr. housfastenter, hussefesten], et etiam alii qui illis deserviunt, qui dicuntur folgheres. The word apparently became obsolete during the Middle English period and was re-formed in the 19th cent. Now chiefly regional. †1. Of a person: owning or living in a house; that is a householder. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder housefastc1275 housekeepera1425 householder1434 potwaller1701 pot-wobblera1712 potwalloper1744 compound householder1851 c1275 ( Agreement with Ordric the Cellarer, Bury St. Edmunds in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 220 Aelc man in sancte Eadmundes byri husfast on his owe land sal gifen to þe halegenes bidripe þe horder on peni at Peter mæsse on ginning herefest. 2. Chiefly regional. = housebound adj. (b) at house n.¹ and int. Compounds 10. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > confined > to house, office, or town homebound1794 house-ridden1835 town-bound1835 housefast1855 housebound1878 office-bound1961 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 88 Housefast, confined by illness or otherwise, to the house. 1874 W. Allan Hamespun Lilts 153 O' ither wives wha ne'er were keepit hoose-fast, Like what she was. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 51 She..was still house-fast, or unable to leave the house. 1935 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 1 May 3 Mrs Peddicord was housefast for several days with neuralgia. 1979 Nutrition & Health Old Age (Dept. Health & Social Security) 177 Although housefast, she was able to cook but had little inclination to do so. 2005 Bull. Yorks. Dial. Soc. Summer 6 For rest o'deea there were nobbut skilly ti eat; an' hoosfast for rest o'weeak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1275
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