name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
elsen
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 L S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An awl, a pointed tool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
Examples
- piercing with an elsen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.