fusen

See also: fūsen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 不戦 (fusen, not fighting, not competing).

Noun

fusen (plural fusen)

  1. (sumo) A sumo match that is cancelled due to the absence of one of the rikishi.

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

fusen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふせん

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)

  1. 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
  2. To put to flight; pursue, to banish, to rush or charge at
    Oþer þu heom fusen, oþer þu heom feolle.Layamon's Brut, 1275
  3. To urge on or exhort

Conjugation

Conjugation of fusen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) fusen, fuse
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

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: fease, feese, feeze, pheeze, faze
  • Scots: faize

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fusen m

  1. definite singular of fus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

fusen (neuter fuse or fusent, definite singular and plural fusne, comparative fusnare, indefinite superlative fusnast, definite superlative fusnaste)

  1. eager

Derived terms

  • framfusen

Noun

fusen m

  1. definite singular of fus

References