quelen
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *kwelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan.
Verb edit
quēlen
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “quelen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quelen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English cwelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną. Doublet of quaylen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
quelen (rare)
- To suffer from death.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of quelen (strong class 4)
infinitive | (to) quelen, quele | ||
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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 edit
- English: (dialectal) queal
References edit
- “quēlen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-14.
Spanish edit
Verb edit
quelen
- inflection of quelar: