hurlen
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic; compare hurtelen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hurlen (third-person singular simple present hurleth, present participle hurlende, hurlynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hurled)
- To charge or run towards; to come at.
- To fall or drop; to hurtle downwards.
- To launch or hurl; to vigorously throw.
- To strike or pull; to forcibly move.
- To attack (physically or emotionally)
- (rare) To toss or shake about.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of hurlen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “hurlen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.