oxe

See also: Oxe and ὄχε

Middle English

oxe etynge grasses

Alternative forms

• hox, nox, occe, ocxe, okse, ox, oxhe, oxse

Etymology

From Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔks(ə)/

Noun

oxe (plural oxen)

1. ox
   • c. 1390 [c. 1225], “Furſte dole: ſeruiſe”, in Þe roule of reclous (Ancrene Wisse, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1)‎^[1], Worcestershire, folio 373, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:

     BI. daye ſũtyme. oþ᷑ beo niht. gedereþ in oure herte. alle seeke and ſoꝛe. þat wo. and pouert. þ^t poꝛe þoleþ. þe pyne þat pͥſons habbeþ. þer aliggen wıþ Iren heuye I.feteret. Nomeliche of þe cristene. þat beoþ in heþeneſſe. Sũme in prison. sũme in as muche wo. as Oxe is. oþer Aſſe.

     At some point in the day or night hold in your heart all the sick and grieving, the suffering and deprivation the poor endure, the torments that prisons contain, where [people] lie fettered with heavy iron, and especially the Christians who are in Heathendom: some in prison, and some in as much misery as an ox or a donkey.

Usage notes

The plurals oxes and exen are occasionally found.

Declension

Declension of oxe

	singular	plural
(nominative/accusative)	oxe	oxen
genitive	oxes	oxen, oxene
dative	—	—

Related terms

• Oxenford
• oxeherde
• oxtonge

Descendants

• English: ox (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: ox, hox, oix, oxe, oxx
  • Scots: ouse (either from Middle Scots *owse or rebuilt on the plural owsyn)

References

• “oxe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• osh, oshi, oushi (Internet slang)

Etymology

Clipping of oxente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʃi/, /ˈoʃ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʃi/, /ˈoʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʃe/, /ˈoʃ/

Interjection

oxe!

1. (Brazil) expresses surprise, dismay or admiration

Further reading

• “oxe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

två förspända oxar [two harnessed [before (the wagon)-strapped] oxen]

Etymology

From Old Swedish oxe, from Old Norse oxi, uxi, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).

Noun

oxe c

1. an ox (adult castrated male of cattle, typically used as a beast of burden)
2. beef (meat from cattle, male and female – chiefly as a dish and in the names of some cuts of beef)

   Synonym: (beef, more generally) nötkött

   oxfilé

   beef tenderloin, fillet of beef

   (literally, “ox fillet”)

   oxpytt

   beef pyttipanna [pyttipanna made with (just) beef]

3. a bull (of cattle, reindeer, or moose)

   Synonym: (more common) tjur

   älgoxe

   bull moose

   (literally, “moose ox”)

   More commonly älgtjur.

4. (chiefly in compounds) a bovine (member of the subfamily Bovinae)

   bisonoxe

   American bison

   (literally, “bison ox”)

   oxdjur

   bovine (member of the subfamily Bovinae)

   (literally, “ox animal”)

5. (astronomy, in the singular definite "oxen") Taurus
6. (astrology) Taurus
   1. a Taurus (person born under the Taurus astrological sign)

      Han är oxe

      He is a Taurus

Usage notes

Turns into ox- in compounds.

Declension

Declension of oxe

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	oxe	oxes
	definite	oxen	oxens
plural	indefinite	oxar	oxars
	definite	oxarna	oxarnas

Derived terms

• oxbiff
• oxbringa
• oxbär
• oxdans
• Oxen
• Oxenstierna
• oxfilé
• oxgalla
• oxgroda
• oxhare
• oxhuvud
• oxhyvel
• oxkött
• oxlägg
• oxpiska
• oxpytt
• oxspatt
• oxstyng
• oxsvanssoppa
• oxtunga
• oxvecka
• oxöga
• stark som en oxe
• uroxe

See also

• stut
• tjur

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren	Oxen	Tvillingarna	Kräftan
Lejonet	Jungfrun	Vågen	Skorpionen
Skytten	Stenbocken	Vattumannen	Fiskarna

References

• “oxe”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “oxe”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “oxe”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Unami

Verb

oxe (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

1. it is light

Related terms

• òxehëmu
• òxeataès

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “oxe”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project