hurtelen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hurten +‎ -elen; compare hurlen. For forms with /k/, compare dialectal modern English turkle (turtle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhurt(ə)lən/, /ˈhurk(ə)lən/

Verb

hurtelen (third-person singular simple present hurteleth, present participle hurtelende, hurtelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hurteled)

  1. To trip or fall over; to make a misstep.
    • , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC, folio xxi, recto:
      O fyrſt mouyng cruel firmament / Wyth thy diurnal ſwegh, that croudeſt aye / And hurtleſte al fro Eſt to Occident / That naturally wolde holde another way
      O first moving cruel firmament / With thy diurnal sway that crowdest aye / And hurtles all from East to Occident / That naturally would hold another way]
  2. To smash or fall together; to undergo collision.
  3. To throw or shove; to apply force to:
    • , →OCLC; Charles Cowden Clarke, editor, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. , 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co.; Dublin: W. Robertson, 1860, →OCLC, page 81, lines 2617–2618:
      He foineth on his foe with a trunchoun, / And he him hurtleth with his horse adown.
      He foineth on his foe with a truncheon, / And he him hurtleth with his horse adown.]
    1. To charge or run towards; to come at.
    2. To clash or fight; to enter into combat with.
    3. To strike or knock down; to cause to fall.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: hurtle

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