"elsin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛlzɪn/ Forms: elsins [plural], elsen [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aslen}} Middle English aslen, {{der|en|dum|elsene}} Middle Dutch elsene, {{der|en|goh|alansa}} Old High German alansa, {{der|en|gem-pro|*alasnō}} Proto-Germanic *alasnō Head templates: {{en-noun}} elsin (plural elsins)
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A shoemaker's awl. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete

Inflected forms

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