elsen

See also: Elsen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

Noun

elsen (plural elsens)

  1. (UK, dialect) An awl, a pointed tool.
    piercing with an elsen

References
  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, elsen.
  • Middle English Dictionary

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