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 Middle English)

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, 2018 February 8:
  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.
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”)

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