elsen

== English == === Alternative forms === elsin === Etymology === 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. === Noun === elsen (plural elsens) (UK, dialect) An awl, a pointed tool. piercing with an elsen ==== References ==== Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, elsen. Middle English Dictionary === Anagrams === Leens, Neels, lenes, lense, selen-