whelpen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English hwelpian; equivalent to whelp + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwhelpen
- (referring to animals) To give birth; to bear a litter or whelp.
Conjugation
editConjugation of whelpen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: whelp
References
edit- “whelpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-09.