toilen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Most likely from Anglo-Norman toilier, but possibly from Middle Dutch tuylen. Compare tilyen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtui̯lən/, /ˈtɔi̯lən/

Verb

toilen

  1. To fight, war, attack; to participate in a conflict.
  2. To enter into a legal case; to debate or promote a view.
  3. To toil, exert oneself; to perform agricultural work.
  4. To drag, draw; to forcibly move towards oneself.
  5. (cooking) To combine the components of a meal.
  6. (rare) To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: toil
  • Scots: toil, tulyie, tulȝe

References

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