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)

  1. (hapax) hamstring[1]

Descendants
  • English: huxen, huckson, huxon; huckshin, hucksheen (dialectal, obsolete)

References
  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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