fus

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

Alternative forms

• fusu

Etymology

From Latin fūsus. Compare Daco-Romanian fus.

Noun

fus n (plural fusi/fuse or fusuri)

1. spindle

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfus/
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

fus m (plural fusos)

1. spindle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy/

Verb

fus

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

Alternative forms

• fous

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

Verb

fus

1. first-person singular preterite of êt'

Alternative forms

• vus

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Noun

fus m

1. fox

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.

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

Etymology

From Latin fūsus.

Noun

fus n (plural fuse)

1. spindle
2. shaft

Etymology

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

Adjective

fus

1. eager

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