quaylen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (to suffer). Doublet of quelen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwæi̯lən/, /ˈkwɛːlən/

Verb

quaylen (third-person singular simple present quayleth, present participle quaylende, quaylynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quayled)

  1. To be afflicted by disease or wasting; to become weak.
  2. (rare) To turn out to be useless or ineffective.
Conjugation
Conjugation of quaylen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) quaylen, quayle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular quayle quayled
2nd-person singular quaylest quayledest
3rd-person singular quayleth quayled
subjunctive singular quayle
imperative singular
plural1 quaylen, quayle quayleden, quaylede
imperative plural quayleth, quayle
participles quaylynge, quaylende quayled, yquayled

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: quail, queal, quele
References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French quaillier, coaillier, from Latin coāgulō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwæi̯lən/

Verb

quaylen (third-person singular simple present quayleth, present participle quaylende, quaylynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quayled)

  1. To coagulate, quail, or congeal.
  2. (rare) To induce or cause coagulation.
Conjugation
Conjugation of quaylen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) quaylen, quayle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular quayle quayled
2nd-person singular quaylest quayledest
3rd-person singular quayleth quayled
subjunctive singular quayle
imperative singular
plural1 quaylen, quayle quayleden, quaylede
imperative plural quayleth, quayle
participles quaylynge, quaylende quayled, yquayled

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References