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