quelen

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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

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Descendants

  • Dutch: kwelen
  • Middle English: quaylen

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

Descendants

  • English: (dialectal) queal

References

Spanish

Verb

quelen

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