musen

See also: Musen

Catalan

Verb

musen

1. third-person plural present indicative of musar

Danish

Noun

musen c

1. definite singular of mus

Japanese

Romanization

musen

1. Rōmaji transcription of むせん

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French muser, of uncertain further origin.

Alternative forms

• mewse, mose, moyse, muse, musyn, mwse
• (Kent) musi, muzi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiu̯zən/

Verb

musen

1. (transitive, intransitive) To muse; to ponder:
   1. (transitive) To muse upon an object.
   2. (transitive, intransitive) To wonder (at).
   3. (intransitive, rare) To daydream; to be lost in thought.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To worry; to agonize.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To complain (about).

Conjugation

Conjugation of musen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) musen, muse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	muse	mused
2nd-person singular	musest	musedest
3rd-person singular	museth	mused
subjunctive singular	muse
imperative singular		—
plural1	musen, muse	museden, musede
imperative plural	museth, muse	—
participles	musynge, musende	mused

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• musard

Descendants

• English: muse
• Scots: muse

References

• “mūsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

musen

1. Alternative form of mowsyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• musa f sg

Noun

musen m sg

1. definite masculine singular of mus

Spanish

Verb

musen

1. only used in se musen, third-person plural present indicative of musirse

Swedish

Noun

musen

1. definite singular of mus

Anagrams

• emuns