"wyspe" meaning in Middle English

See wyspe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wisp/, /wips/ Forms: wyspes [plural], wyspe [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps related to whisk (“bunch of twigs, hair”). Cognate to Dutch wisp, dialectal Danish visp, Swedish visp, Norwegian Bokmål visp, etc. Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|wisp}} Dutch wisp, {{cog|da|visp}} Danish visp, {{cog|sv|visp}} Swedish visp, {{cog|nb|visp}} Norwegian Bokmål visp Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wyspe, {{enm-noun|wyspes|pl2=wyspe}} wyspe (plural wyspes or wyspe)
  1. A package, stick or pile of straw, a wisp:
    Such a bundle used to clean livestock of dirt.
    Sense id: en-wyspe-enm-noun-v~7Ydi00
  2. A package, stick or pile of straw, a wisp:
    (rare) Such a bundle shaped into a circle or torus.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wyspe-enm-noun-9gIyuB~e
  3. A package, stick or pile of straw, a wisp:
    (rare) Such a bundle lighted afire and used as a light source.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Light sources
    Sense id: en-wyspe-enm-noun-4HQ9lW4S Disambiguation of Light sources: 7 5 51 37
  4. (glassblowing, obsolete, rare) A fifteenth-century unit for measuring window glass. Tags: obsolete, rare Categories (topical): Glassblowing, Agriculture, Collectives, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-wyspe-enm-noun-ufa4SYjf Disambiguation of Agriculture: 14 12 11 63 Disambiguation of Collectives: 10 9 9 71 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 10 14 12 64 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 13 17 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 12 14 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 9 10 64 Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wips, wisp, wysp, wispe, wippis, wesp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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