"esen" meaning in Middle English

See esen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: eseth [present, singular, third-person], esende [participle, present], esynge [participle, present], esed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person]
Etymology: From Old French aaisier, aesier (“to ease”) (cf. eise (“ease”)). Compare obsolete French aiser (“to get comfortable”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|aaisier}} Old French aaisier, {{cog|fr|aiser||to get comfortable}} French aiser (“to get comfortable”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} esen, {{enm-verb|stem=es}} esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)
  1. to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)
    Sense id: en-esen-enm-verb-E4XJPWUi
  2. to accommodate (a guest)
    Sense id: en-esen-enm-verb-96blvLoF Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 21 53 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 51 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 51 24
  3. to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)
    Sense id: en-esen-enm-verb-nSe7ZiBN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: esien, eisen, aisen
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ease"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ease",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ease"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ease"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ease",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ease"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "aaisier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French aaisier",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aiser",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to get comfortable"
      },
      "expansion": "French aiser (“to get comfortable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French aaisier, aesier (“to ease”) (cf. eise (“ease”)). Compare obsolete French aiser (“to get comfortable”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eseth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "esen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)"
      ],
      "id": "en-esen-enm-verb-E4XJPWUi",
      "links": [
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 53 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 51 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 51 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, / And well we there were accommodated, and of the best.",
          "ref": "c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 28–29:",
          "text": "The chambres and the stables weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accommodate (a guest)"
      ],
      "id": "en-esen-enm-verb-96blvLoF",
      "links": [
        [
          "accommodate",
          "accommodate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-esen-enm-verb-nSe7ZiBN",
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "esien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "eisen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "aisen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "esen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ease"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ease",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ease"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ease"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ease",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ease"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "aaisier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French aaisier",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aiser",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to get comfortable"
      },
      "expansion": "French aiser (“to get comfortable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French aaisier, aesier (“to ease”) (cf. eise (“ease”)). Compare obsolete French aiser (“to get comfortable”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eseth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "esen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, / And well we there were accommodated, and of the best.",
          "ref": "c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 28–29:",
          "text": "The chambres and the stables weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accommodate (a guest)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accommodate",
          "accommodate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "esien"
    },
    {
      "word": "eisen"
    },
    {
      "word": "aisen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "esen"
}

Download raw JSONL data for esen meaning in Middle English (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.