gesene

gesene

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English gǣsne, from Proto-West Germanic *gaisnī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ̝ːzən(ə)/, /ˈɡɛ̝zən(ə)/, /-znə/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ̝ːzun/ (with reanalysis of the suffix)

Adjective

gesene (chiefly East Anglia, Late Middle English)

  1. Uncommon, rare, scarce (not common or plentiful)
    Synonym: scars
  2. Lifeless, empty, useless.

Descendants

  • English: geason, geazon, gaison, gessen

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈseː.ne/

Adjective

ġesēne

  1. alternative form of ġesīene
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