hosp

hosp

1. Abbreviation of hospital.

• OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, phos, posh, shop, soph

From Old English hosp (“reproach, insult, contumely, blasphemy”).

hosp (plural hosps)

1. detraction, blasphemy, to hold in derision, vilify

From Proto-West Germanic *hosp, *husp (“derision, mockery”), of obscure origin. Likely an alteration of Proto-West Germanic *hosk, *husk (“derision, mockery”), from Proto-Germanic *huskaz, *huską (“mockery”), from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- (“to shout, be naughty, mock”). More at Old English husċ.

• IPA^(key): /xosp/, [hosp]

hosp m

1. reproach, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

Strong a-stem:

• ġehyspan
• husċ
• husċlīċ
• hysċan

• Middle English: hosp

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “hosp”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hosp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

From Latin hospes.

hosp m (plural hosps)

1. (Sursilvan) guest

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) giast

hosp f (plural hospa)

1. hasp