Derivational suffix in adjs. (a) formed on mass nouns (orig. with mutation of the root vowel): e.g. asshen adj.(1) [OE æsc-en: æsc]; copren; gī̆ld-en, later gō̆ld-en, from gō̆ld [OE gyld-en: gold]; stēn-en, later stōn-en, from stōn [OE stǣn-en: stān ]; clouden; erthen; fīren [OE fȳren: fīr]; firren; flouren; glā̆s-en, from glas [OE glæs-en: glæs]; hornen; lēden [OE lēaden: lēd]; letheren [OE leþer(e)n: lether]; milken; ōken [OE ǣcena: ōk(e]; silken [OE seolucen: silk(e ]; stelen [OE stīl-en: stẹ̄̆l(e ]; strauen; thornen; threden; tinnen; trẹ̄en [OE trēowen: trẹ̄ ]; wǒll-en from wǒl [OE wyll-en: wul(l]; īvorien [OF ivorin]; roch-en, from roche rock [OF roche]; whet-en [OE hwǣt-en: whēte]; (b) formed more generally on concrete nouns of many sorts, denoting something resembling or related to the noun, in some cases evidently substituted for Latin suffix -inus (= ME -īn(e suf.), e.g.: asshen adj.(2) ('ashen'); fishen adj. ('piscine'); hellen(e adj. ('hellish, infernal'); horsen adj. ('equine'); hounden adj. ('canine'); knobben adj. ('knobby'); northen adj. ('northern'); piperene adj. ('peppery'); souen and swinen adj. ('porcine'); waspen adj. ('wasp-like').