hokschyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

*hoxene

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō; equivalent to hough (“heel”) +‎ synwe (“sinew”).

In all attested forms, the second element has been remodelled after schyne (“shin”), though forms without this remodelling survived in Modern English dialects and the verb hoxen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɔkˌʃin(ə)/
(non-remodelled) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔksən(ə)/, /ˈhɔksnə/, /ˈhuks-/

Noun

hokschyne (plural hokschynes)

(hapax) hamstring^[1]

Related terms

hoxen

Descendants

English: huxen, huckson, huxon; huckshin, hucksheen (influenced by shin) (dialectal, obsolete)

References

^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Hockshin”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 320, column 1.

[1] James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Hockshin”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 320, column 1.

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