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elsen

elsen noun: an awl, a pointed tool.

Noun

elsen (plural elsens)

  1. (UK, dialectal) An awl, a pointed tool.
    • piercing with an elsen

Proper noun capitalized: Elsen

Elsen (plural Elsens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of elsen

Noun
pluralelsens
alternative formelsin
Proper noun
pluralElsens

Origin of elsen

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.

Questions about elsen

What does elsen mean?
Elsen means an awl, a pointed tool.
What part of speech is elsen?
Elsen can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of elsen?
The plural of elsen is elsens.

Words near elsen in the dictionary

  1. else
  2. Elsea
  3. Elseas
  4. Elsecar
  5. elsehow
  6. elsen
  7. Elsene
  8. elseness
  9. Elsenham
  10. elsens
  11. Elser

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