mowlen
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *muglōną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mowlen (third-person singular simple present mowleth, present participle mowlende, mowlynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mowled)
- To become moldy; to rot.
- (figurative) To become vile or degenerate.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of mowlen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- Scots: moul
References
[edit]- “mǒulen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.