whelen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom whel (“wheel”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwhelen (third-person singular simple present hweleth, present participle hwelende, hwelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hweled)
- (rare) To rotate; move in a circular motion.
- (rare) To stretch or extend in a circular motion.
- (rare) To give or furnish wheels.
Conjugation
editConjugation of whelen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “whēlen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.