quelen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kwelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan.

Verb

quēlen

1. to suffer, to be in pain
2. to hurt, to torture

   Synonym: quellen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kwelen
• → Middle English: quaylen
  • English: quail

Further reading

• “quelen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quelen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cwelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną. Doublet of quaylen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛːlən/

Verb

quelen (rare)

1. To suffer from death.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quelen (strong class 4)

infinitive	(to) quelen, quele
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	quele	qual, quel
2nd-person singular	quelest	quele, quale, qual, quel
3rd-person singular	queleth	qual, quel
subjunctive singular	quele	quele1, quale1
imperative singular		—
plural2	quelen, quele	quelen, quele, qualen, quale
imperative plural	queleth, quele	—
participles	quelynge, quelende	quolen, quole, yquolen, yquole

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: queal (dialectal)

References

• “quēlen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-14.

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Spanish

Verb

quelen

1. inflection of quelar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative