"owsyn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle English]

Forms: owssing [alternative], owsyin [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} owsyn
  1. (Early Scots) plural of oxe Tags: form-of, plural Form of: oxe

Noun [Middle Scots]

Forms: oussin [alternative]
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. Etymology templates: {{yesno|1|i|I}} i, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|gmw-msc|enm-esc|owsyn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Early Scots owsyn, {{inh+|gmw-msc|enm-esc|owsyn|nocap=1}} inherited from Early Scots owsyn, {{circa2|1420|short=1}} c. 1420 Head templates: {{head|gmw-msc|noun form}} owsyn
  1. plural of ox Wikipedia link: Huddersfield Tags: form-of, plural Form of: ox Synonyms: oxin
    Sense id: en-owsyn-gmw-msc-noun-4fBD4uWd Categories (other): Middle Scots entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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    },
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "oxe"
        }
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        "plural of oxe"
      ],
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        [
          "oxe",
          "oxe#Middle_English"
        ]
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    },
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      ],
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