-en

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 244 words | Copyright

-en4 inflexion of the weak declension, ME. reduction of OE. -an, as in oxan oxen, which was extended to other declensions, esp. in the south and west; exx. of this in Standard Eng. are seen in children (pl. of CHILD), brethren (pl. of BROTHER).

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