hoxen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hoxe, hoxenen

Etymology

From earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from hōh (“heel”) +‎ sinu (“sinew”) (compare hough, synwe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔks(ə)nən/, /ˈhɔksən/

Verb

hoxen (third-person singular simple present hoxeth, present participle hoxende, hoxynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hoxed)

1. (rare) To hamstring; to cut the hamstring of an animal.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hoxen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hoxen, hoxe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hoxe	hoxed
2nd-person singular	hoxest	hoxedest
3rd-person singular	hoxeth	hoxed
subjunctive singular	hoxe
imperative singular		—
plural1	hoxen, hoxe	hoxeden, hoxede
imperative plural	hoxeth, hoxe	—
participles	hoxynge, hoxende	hoxed, yhoxed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• hoxe

Descendants

• English: hox (obsolete)

References

• “hō̆xen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “hō̆xenen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.