owsyn

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === owssing, owsyin === Noun === owsyn (Early Scots) plural of oxe == Middle Scots == === Alternative forms === oussin === Etymology === inherited from Early Scots owsyn (first attested c. 1420), potentially representing a "vernacular" divergent development of Germanic /xs/ supplanted by the spread of /ks/ from the south except in this relic word; compare forms such as /fɒʊ̯s/ “fox”, /sɛɪ̯s/ “six”, and /wæɪ̯s/ “wax” recorded for the dialect of Huddersfield, Yorkshire by Haigh. === Noun === owsyn plural of ox Synonym: oxin (more common) === References ===