toilen
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Most likely from Anglo-Norman toilier, but possibly from Middle Dutch tuylen. Compare tilyen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
toilen
- To fight, war, attack; to participate in a conflict.
- To enter into a legal case; to debate or promote a view.
- To toil, exert oneself; to perform agricultural work.
- To drag, draw; to forcibly move towards oneself.
- (cooking) To combine the components of a meal.
- (rare) To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of toilen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References[edit]
- “toilen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-02.