"elsen" meaning in English

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    {
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        "3": "elsen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English elsen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "elsene"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch elsene",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*elisna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *elisna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*alisnu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alisnu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*alasnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *alasnō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elsens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "elsen (plural elsens)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "piercing with an elsen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An awl, a pointed tool."
      ],
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        [
          "awl",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect) An awl, a pointed tool."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "elsen"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "elsen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English elsen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "elsene"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch elsene",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*elisna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *elisna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*alisnu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alisnu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*alasnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *alasnō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elsens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "elsen (plural elsens)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "piercing with an elsen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An awl, a pointed tool."
      ],
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        [
          "awl",
          "awl"
        ]
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        "(UK, dialect) An awl, a pointed tool."
      ],
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