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.
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)
- To be afflicted by disease or wasting; to become weak.
- (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 | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
    
- “quailen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-14.
Etymology 2
    
Borrowed from Old French quaillier, coaillier, from Latin coāgulō.
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)
- To coagulate, quail, or congeal.
- (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 | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
    
- English: quail
References
    
- “quailen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-14.
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