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)

1. (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).

Noun

horsen

1. (obsolete) plural of horse

Anagrams

• Honers, herons, honers, hornes, nosher, rhones, senhor

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Noun

horsen

1. plural of hors

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrsən/

Etymology 1

From hors +‎ -en (“plural suffix”).

Noun

horsen

1. plural of hors

Etymology 2

From hors +‎ -en (“of or belonging to”).

Alternative forms

• horsene

Adjective

horsen

2. Of or pertaining to horses; equine.

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

• horse

Verb

horsen

2. To supply or provide a horse (for).
3. To get or put on horseback.
4. (rare, of horses) To copulate.

Usage notes

This verb is mainly used in its past forms.

Conjugation

Conjugation of horsen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) horsen, horse
	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.