warysshen
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Northern French wariss-, extended stem of warir (central Old French garir, guarir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Doublet of weren (“to protect”); also compare warisoun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwar(i)ʃən/, (rare) /ˈwarisən/
Verb
warysshen (chiefly Northern)
- To recover or recuperate; to regain one's health.
- To cure; to cause recovery or improvement.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Thanne were myn herte / Al warisshed of his bittre peynes smerte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To soothe; to provide relief or succour.
- To provide protection or refuge.
- (rare) To save; to deliver from harm.
- (rare) To strengthen; to make strong or powerful.
- Synonym: warnysshen (rare)
Usage notes
- This verb is usually found in the past tense, though other forms occasionally appear.
Conjugation
Conjugation of warysshen (weak in -ed/-te)
| infinitive | (to) warysshen, warysshe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | warysshe | warysshed, warysshte | |
| 2nd-person singular | warysshest | warysshedest, warysshtest | |
| 3rd-person singular | waryssheth | warysshed, warysshte | |
| subjunctive singular | warysshe | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | warysshen, warysshe | waryssheden, warysshede, warysshten, warysshte | |
| imperative plural | waryssheth, warysshe | — | |
| participles | warysshynge, warysshende | warysshed, waryssht, ywarysshed, ywaryssht | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: warish (obsolete)
References
- “warishen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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