horsen
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sən
Etymology 1
From Middle English horsen, horsene, equivalent to horse + -en (“of or belonging to”).
Adjective
horsen (comparative more horsen, superlative most horsen)
- (rare) Of or pertaining to horses; equine
- 1558, Warde, Alexis' Secr.:
- Let hym put the Yearth onely, the Floxe, and the Horsen doung.
- 1773, Thomas Hawkins, Gammer Gurton's needle:
- For laughter: the horsen dolt at last caught up a club, As though he would have slain the master devil, Belsabub, […]
- 1907, William Monks, A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas:
- They were all soon mounted and moving toward West Plains, soon coming to a "horsen" log.
- 1952, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 69:
- […] farm nearly equal to Thurston's: he complained against William Seburne, who under the name Hopkins had as great a total land interest, that 'Seyborne seyde ffoorde was a bawdy knave and a bawdy harlot a horsen knave and that no truth […]
Etymology 2
From Middle English horsen, alternative plural of hors, equivalent to horse + -en (plural suffix).
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔrsən/
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: horsen
References
- “horsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
From Old English horsian; equivalent to hors + -en (infinitive suffix).
Alternative forms
Verb
horsen
Usage notes
This verb is mainly used in its past forms.
Conjugation
Conjugation of horsen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) horsen, horse | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | horse | horsed | |
2nd-person singular | horsest | horsedest | |
3rd-person singular | horseth | horsed | |
subjunctive singular | horse | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | horsen, horse | horseden, horsede | |
imperative plural | horseth, horse | — | |
participles | horsynge, horsende | horsed, yhorsed |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: horse
References
- “horsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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