Middle English Dictionary Entry

ishen v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
Of persons: (a) to come or go out of a place, sally forth, make a sortie; ~ forth, ~ oute; -- also refl.; (b) fig. ~ oute, to leave one's true faith; emerge from (sorrow); (c) to leave (a place); (d) ~ in, to enter.
2.
(a) Of giving: to proceed from a source; (b) of rents or profits: to come as proceeds or revenue, accrue; ~ oute; (c) ~ oute, of fire, flame, words, etc.: to come forth, issue; (d) ~ up, of arrows: to shoot up; (e) in ppl. phrase: soner ishinge, coming forth too soon, premature.