chese – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of chese

Noun: chese
Sg.chese
Pl.cheses

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • 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.) [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:]
  • Ẏıf vs a buſſhel whete / Malt oꝛ Reẏe / A goddes kechẏl / oꝛ a trẏp[e] of cheeſe / Oꝛ ellıs what ẏow lẏſt / we maẏ nat cheſe […] ("Give us a bushel of wheat, malt, or rye, a God's cake, a bit of cheese / or anything that you want; we don't need to choose […]) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Somnours Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 80, recto:]

Nouns inflected like chese

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ċīese, ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, from Latin cāseus. See: Old English Nouns 'ċīese', Old English Nouns 'ċīese', Latin Nouns 'cāseus'.

Verbs referencing "chese"

English Nouns cheese.

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