elsen
See also: Elsen
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
elsen (plural elsens)
References edit
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, elsen.
- Middle English Dictionary