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, quaile, quayle, quayll

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɛːlən/, /ˈkwæːlən/

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

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

Descendants

  • English: (dialectal) queal

References

Spanish

Verb

quelen

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