What is "wox"

Usage examples of "wox".

Cecile cam whan it was woxen nyght, With preestes that hem cristned alle yfeere, And afterward, whan day was woxen light, Cecile hem seyde, with a ful stedefast cheere, "Now Cristes owene knyghtes, leeve and deere, Cast alle awey the werkes of derkness And armeth yow in armure of brightnesse.

But Scudamour now woxen inly glad,That all his gealous feare he false had found,And how that Hag his loue abused hadWith breach of faith and loyaltie vnsound,The which long time his grieued hart did wound,He thus bespake.

To every wight she woxen is so deere And worshipful, that folk ther she was bore And from hir birthe knewe hir yeer by yeere, Unnethe trowed they, but dorste han swore That she to Janicle, of which I spak bifore, She doghter nere, for as by conjecture, Hem thoughte she was another creature.

Arriuing there, he found this wretched man,Spending his daies in dolour and despaire,And through long fasting woxen pale and wan,All ouergrowen with rude and rugged haire.