"musen" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmiu̯zən/
Etymology: From Old French muser, of uncertain further origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|muser}} Old French muser Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} musen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mus|y=0}} Forms: weak [table-tags], musen [infinitive], to musen [infinitive], muse [infinitive], muse [first-person, present, singular], mused [first-person, past, singular], musest [present, second-person, singular], musedest [past, second-person, singular], museth [present, singular, third-person], mused [past, singular, third-person], muse [present, singular, subjunctive], mused [past, singular, subjunctive], muse [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], musen [plural, present], muse [plural, present], museden [past, plural], musede [past, plural], museth [imperative, plural, present], muse [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], musynge [participle, present], musende [participle, present], mused [participle, past]
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To muse; to ponder:
    (transitive) To muse upon an object.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-musen-enm-verb-7WUBncjR Disambiguation of Thinking: 26 26 26 15 3 5
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To muse; to ponder:
    (transitive, intransitive) To wonder (at).
    Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-musen-enm-verb-SbEWQz88 Disambiguation of Thinking: 26 26 26 15 3 5
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To muse; to ponder:
    (intransitive, rare) To daydream; to be lost in thought.
    Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-musen-enm-verb-XQ0nnUKk Disambiguation of Thinking: 26 26 26 15 3 5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 83 4 2 4 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 83 4 2 4
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To worry; to agonize. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-musen-enm-verb-vw-my6Yy Disambiguation of Thinking: 26 26 26 15 3 5
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To complain (about). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-musen-enm-verb-Y2lJKnx-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mewse, mose, moyse, muse, musyn, mwse, musi [Kent], muzi Related terms: musard
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} musen
  1. Alternative form of mowsyn Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mowsyn
    Sense id: en-musen-enm-verb-AXjI40mw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "thought",
          "thought"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To muse; to ponder:",
        "(intransitive, rare) To daydream; to be lost in thought."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To worry; to agonize."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "worry",
          "worry"
        ],
        [
          "agonize",
          "agonize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To worry; to agonize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To complain (about)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To complain (about)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiu̯zən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mewse"
    },
    {
      "word": "mose"
    },
    {
      "word": "moyse"
    },
    {
      "word": "muse"
    },
    {
      "word": "musyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "mwse"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "musi"
    },
    {
      "word": "muzi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "musen"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "enm:Thinking"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "musen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mowsyn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of mowsyn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mowsyn",
          "mowsyn#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "musen"
}

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