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

• quaile, quayle, quayll

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

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

Descendants

• English: quail, queal, quele

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.

Alternative forms

• quayle, quaylyn, qwayle, qwaylen

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

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.