mowlen
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *muglōną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mowlen (third-person singular simple present mowleth, present participle mowlende, mowlynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mowled)
- To become moldy; to rot.
- (figurative) To become vile or degenerate.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of mowlen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “mǒulen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.