elsen

Meaning

Noun

An awl, a pointed tool.

Origin

From Middle English aslen, elsen, either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alisn, *alasn, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

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