An archaic or obsolete term, possibly a variant spelling of an old word related to cheese or another now-forgotten concept.
Possibly from Middle English; may be related to chese (archaic cheese) but the exact derivation is unclear.
When words like 'cheson' appear only in one or two medieval manuscripts, we're basically staring at the linguistic equivalent of an isolated cavern painting—impossible to fully decode.
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