Oct 2, 2025
Hyssa
Hyssa is a short form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name containing with hyse (youth).
Variants:
Hysca [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 1].
Hyssa [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 10].
Hysica [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 37].
Stem:
hyse = youth [Alfred Wyatt 1894, Beowulf, 1st edition, page 186].
Suffix:
— a = termination of pet names, such as Cutha for Cuthwine or Cuthwulf [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 1].
Occurrence:
The form Hyssa appears in a list of priests [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 10].
