fus

See also: fús, fûs, and füs

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sputja, from Proto-Indo-European *pHu-tó- (compare Serbo-Croatian pítati ‘to ask’, Tocharian B putk- ‘to divide, share’, Latin putāre ‘to prune’)

Verb

fus (first-person singular past tense futa, participle futur)

  1. I insert, I put (something) in

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fūsus. Compare Daco-Romanian fus.

Noun

fus n (plural fusi / fuse or fusuri)

  1. spindle

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

fus m (plural fusos)

  1. spindle

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fy/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

fus

  1. first-person singular past historic of être
  2. second-person singular past historic of être

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fūs, see below

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuːs/

Adjective

fus

  1. ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt
    Of vr saul to be ai fus Again þe com, þat es sa crus. — Cursor Mundi, 1400
  2. ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying
    Þaa foles feluns þat war fuus All vmlapped loth huse. — Cursor Mundi, 1400
  • fusen — to urge on or exhort

Descendants

Norman

Verb

fus

  1. first-person singular preterite of êt'

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Noun

fus m

  1. fox

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: vos
    • Dutch: vos
    • Limburgish: vósj

Further reading
  • “fus”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *funsaz (“ready, willing”). Cognate with Old Saxon fūs, Old High German funs, Old Norse fúss.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuːs/

Noun

fūs n

  1. A hastening, progress
    Se de leófra manna fús feor wlátode. — He who beheld afar the dear men's progress.

Declension
Declension of fus (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fūs fūs
accusative fūs fūs
genitive fūses fūsa
dative fūse fūsum

Adjective

fūs

  1. ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt
    Se ðe stód fús on faroþe. — He who stood ready on the beach.
  2. expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying

Declension
Declension of fus — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fūs fūs fūs
Accusative fūsne fūse fūs
Genitive fūses fūsre fūses
Dative fūsum fūsre fūsum
Instrumental fūse fūsre fūse
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fūse fūsa, -e fūs
Accusative fūse fūsa, -e fūs
Genitive fūsra fūsra fūsra
Dative fūsum fūsum fūsum
Instrumental fūsum fūsum fūsum
Declension of fus — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fūsa fūse fūse
Accusative fūsan fūsan fūse
Genitive fūsan fūsan fūsan
Dative fūsan fūsan fūsan
Instrumental fūsan fūsan fūsan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fūsan fūsan fūsan
Accusative fūsan fūsan fūsan
Genitive fūsra, fūsena fūsra, fūsena fūsra, fūsena
Dative fūsum fūsum fūsum
Instrumental fūsum fūsum fūsum

Derived terms
  • fȳsan — to send forth, impel, stimulate: drive away, put to flight, banish: (usu. reflex.) hasten, prepare oneself
  • fȳsian, fēsian — to drive away

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Noun

fus n (plural fuse)

  1. spindle
  2. shaft

Declension
declension of fus
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) fus fusul (niște) fuse fusele
genitive/dative (unui) fus fusului (unor) fuse fuselor
vocative fusule fuselor

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz. Compare foss.

Adjective

fus

  1. eager

Derived terms

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “FUS”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 172
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