warysshen

Middle English edit

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.

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.
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To soothe; to provide relief or succour.
To provide protection or refuge.
Synonyms: herberwen, housen
(rare) To save; to deliver from harm.
(rare) To strengthen; to make strong or powerful.
Synonym: warnysshen (rare)

This verb is usually found in the past tense, though other forms occasionally appear.

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	warysshed, warysshte
imperative singular	warysshe	—

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.