bataylen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French bataillier; equivalent to batayle + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbataylen
- To battle; to enter into combat; especially for some greater purpose.
- To array oneself for battle.
Conjugation
editConjugation of bataylen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: battle
References
edit- “bataillen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-02.