toilen

toilen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• toylen, toile, tull, toille, tolyon, tolyn, tolyyn, tulyn

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

Conjugation of toilen (weak)

infinitive	(to) toilen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	toile	toilede
2nd person singular	toilest	toiledest
3rd person singular	toileth, toileþ	toilede
plural	toilen	toileden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	toile	toilede
plural	toilen	toileden
imperative	present
singular	toile
plural	toileth, toileþ
participle	present	past
	toilende, toilinge	toiled, ytoiled

Related terms

• toyle
• toiling
• toilous

Descendants

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

References

• “toilen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-02.