warysshen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• waresche, wariche, warisch, warisschen, warisse, warisshe, warsche, warschen, warschyn, warysche

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French wariss-, extended stem of warir (central Old French garir, guarir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Doublet of weren (“to protect”); also compare warisoun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwar(i)ʃən/, (rare) /ˈwarisən/

Verb

warysshen (chiefly Northern)

1. To recover or recuperate; to regain one's health.
2. To cure; to cause recovery or improvement.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:

     Thanne were myn herte / Al warisshed of his bittre peynes smerte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. To soothe; to provide relief or succour.
4. To provide protection or refuge.

   Synonyms: herberwen, housen

5. (rare) To save; to deliver from harm.
6. (rare) To strengthen; to make strong or powerful.

   Synonym: warnysshen (rare)

Usage notes

• This verb is usually found in the past tense, though other forms occasionally appear.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: warish (obsolete)

References

• “warishen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.