warysshen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• waresche, wariche, warisch, warisschen, warisse, warisshe, warsche, warschen, warschyn, warysche

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)

1. To recover or recuperate; to regain one's health.
2. 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)

3. To soothe; to provide relief or succour.
4. To provide protection or refuge.

   Synonyms: herberwen, housen

5. (rare) To save; to deliver from harm.
6. (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.