whelen

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From whel (“wheel”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== quhelen, whele, whielen, whilen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhweːlən/ ==== Verb ==== whelen (third-person singular simple present hweleth, present participle hwelende, hwelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hweled) (rare) To rotate; move in a circular motion. (rare) To stretch or extend in a circular motion. (rare) To give or furnish wheels. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: wheel Scots: wheel ===== References ===== “whēlen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English hwelian; equivalent to whele (“boil”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== whelyn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhwɛ̞ːlən/ ==== Verb ==== whelen (medicine, rare) To become pustulous and swollen. (medicine, rare) To become septic and infected. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: wheal ===== References ===== “whēlen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.