horsen en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English horsen, horsene, equivalent to horse + -en (“of or belonging to”). Cognate with Old High German russīn (“equine, of horses”), whence Middle High German rüssīn, rössīn (“of horses, horsen”).
Meanings
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(rare) Of or pertaining to horses; equine
Let hym put the Yearth onely, the Floxe, and the Horsen doung.
1558, Warde, Alexis' Secr.:They were all soon mounted and moving toward West Plains, soon coming to a "horsen" log.
1907, William Monks, A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas:[…] 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 […]
1952, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 69For laughter: the horsen dolt at last caught up a club, As though he would have slain the master devil, Belsabub, […]
1773, Thomas Hawkins, Gammer Gurton's needle:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more horsen | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most horsen | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |