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queal en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To faint away.

Forms

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quealed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
quealed Tense=Past lexicographic
queals Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
quealing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

queal en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of quail.
    alt of quail

Forms

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queals Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
quealing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
quealed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
quealed Tense=Past lexicographic