chese
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English ċīese, ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, from Latin cāseus.
Alternative forms
- cheese, chesse, cheys, chiese, chise
- cæse, ceose, cuse, cyse (early)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːz(ə)/
Noun
chese (plural cheses)
- cheese (dairy product)
- p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:
- þa ƿaſ coꝛn dære: ⁊ flec ⁊ cæſe ⁊ butere. foꝛ nan ƿæſ o þe land. Ƿreccemen ſturuen of hungær.
- Grain was precious then, and meat, cheese, and butter, because there wasn't any in the country. Wretched men died from hunger.
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- curds (coagulated milk)
- A piece of cheese; a curd.
Descendants
- English: cheese (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: cheese
References
- “chẹ̄se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Verb
chese
- Alternative form of chesen (“to choose”)