quaylen

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.

Alternative forms

quaile, quayle, quayll

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

Conjugation of quaylen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) quaylen, quayle
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	quayle	quayled
2nd-person singular	quaylest	quayledest
3rd-person singular	quayleth	quayled
subjunctive singular	quayle	quayled
imperative singular	quayle	—

plural¹	quaylen, quayle	quayleden, quaylede
imperative plural	quayleth, quayle	—

participles	quaylynge, quaylende	quayled, yquayled

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: quail, queal, quele

References

“quailen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-14.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French quaillier, coaillier, from Latin coāgulō.