chesen

• chees, cheese, cheesen, chese, chesyn, cheose, cheys, chiese, chiesen, chyese, chose, chuse
• (early) cesen, cheosen

From Old English ċēosan, from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

The variant with /eː/ shows the regular development of the Old English diphthong. The variant with /oː/ (the source of the modern form) is from an unattested Old English variant in which the stress was shifted to the second element of the diphthong. Compare with a similar development in shoten, which has /eː/ and /oː/ after a palatal consonant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːzən/, /ˈt͡ʃoːzən/

chesen

1. To choose; to select:
   1. To elect; to choose for an office.
   2. To choose to do.
2. To prefer; to desire.
3. To pick up; to acquire:
   1. To adopt (an orphan)
   2. To pick out; to distinguish.
4. To travel; to go.

• Weak forms of this verb are sometimes found in northern Middle English (compare Early Modern choosed).

• English: choose
• Scots: chuise, cheese

• “chẹ̄sen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.