pullian

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Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (I pluck out, I pull).[1]

Cognate with Middle Low German pūlen (to shell, husk, pluck), Middle Dutch pōlen (to shell, husk), Icelandic púla (to work hard).

Pronunciation

Verb

pullian

  1. to pull
  2. to pluck

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: pullen

References

  1. ^ Garnett, Richard: Philological Essays (etc.) Ed. by His Son, p. 247