elsen

See also: Elsen

English

Alternative forms

• elsin

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

Anagrams

• Leens, Neels, lenes, lense, selen-