whelyn
Middle English
/ˈʍɛːlən/
verb
Definitions
- (medicine) To become pustulous and swollen.
- (medicine) To become septic and infected.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hwelian (fester, ulcerate) affix from Middle English whele (wheel, boil).
Origin
Middle English
whele
Gloss
wheel, boil
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wheal English
- wheel English
- *hwele Old English
- hwelian Old English
- hwēogol Old English
- hwēol Old English
- whele Middle English
- whelebarow Middle English
- whelen Middle English
- wheler Middle English
- whelwryght Middle English
- quheil, quhel Scots