elsin
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See also: Elsin
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
elsin (plural elsins)
References[edit]
- “elsin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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