haylen

See also: Haylen

Middle English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhæi̯lən/, /ˈhau̯lən/

Etymology 1

From Old English hagolian, from Proto-Germanic *haglōną, equivalent to hayle +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

haylen

(impersonal) to hail (of hail, to fall from the sky)

Conjugation

Conjugation of haylen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) haylen, hayle
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hayle	hayled
2nd-person singular	haylest	hayledest
3rd-person singular	hayleth	hayled
subjunctive singular	hayle	hayled
imperative singular	hayle	—

plural¹	haylen, hayle	hayleden, haylede
imperative plural	hayleth, hayle	—

participles	haylynge, haylende	hayled, yhayled

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Alternative forms

hailen, heylen, hale, hauli, haweli

Descendants

English: hail
Scots: hail

References

“hailen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Verb

haylen

Alternative form of heilen (“to greet with "hail!"”)

Verb

haylen

Alternative form of halen (“to drag, pull”)

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