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Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of quelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwæi̯lən/, /ˈkwɛːlən/
Verb
quaylen (third-person singular simple present quayleth, present participle quaylende, quaylynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quayled)
- To be afflicted by disease or wasting; to become weak.
- (rare) To turn out to be useless or ineffective.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French quaillier, coaillier, from Latin coāgulō.
Pronunciation
Verb
quaylen (third-person singular simple present quayleth, present participle quaylende, quaylynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quayled)
- To coagulate, quail, or congeal.
- (rare) To induce or cause coagulation.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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