"mowlen" meaning in Middle English

See mowlen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmuːlən/, /ˈmɔu̯lən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse *mugla (compare attested mygla), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|non|*mugla}} Borrowed from Old Norse *mugla, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*muglōną}} Proto-Germanic *muglōną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} mowlen, {{enm-verb|stem=mowl}} mowlen (third-person singular simple present mowleth, present participle mowlende, mowlynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mowled) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mowl}} Forms: mowleth [present, singular, third-person], mowlende [participle, present], mowlynge [participle, present], mowled [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], mowlen [infinitive], to mowlen [infinitive], mowle [infinitive], mowle [first-person, present, singular], mowled [first-person, past, singular], mowlest [present, second-person, singular], mowledest [past, second-person, singular], mowleth [present, singular, third-person], mowled [past, singular, third-person], mowle [present, singular, subjunctive], mowled [past, singular, subjunctive], mowle [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], mowlen [plural, present], mowle [plural, present], mowleden [past, plural], mowlede [past, plural], mowleth [imperative, plural, present], mowle [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], mowlynge [participle, present], mowlende [participle, present], mowled [participle, past], ymowled [participle, past], moule [alternative], moulen [alternative], mowle [alternative], mowlyn [alternative], muhelin [alternative, Early-Middle-English], muwlen [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. To become moldy; to rot.
    Sense id: en-mowlen-enm-verb-lk6XRfl9 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (figurative) To become vile or degenerate. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-mowlen-enm-verb-n828qSvU Categories (other): Fungi Disambiguation of Fungi: 35 65

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "sco",
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mowleth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mowlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowledest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowleden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moule",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moulen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muhelin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muwlen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mowlen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "mowl"
      },
      "expansion": "mowlen (third-person singular simple present mowleth, present participle mowlende, mowlynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mowled)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mowl"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become moldy; to rot."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "moldy",
          "moldy"
        ],
        [
          "rot",
          "rot"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Fungi",
          "orig": "enm:Fungi",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "To become vile or degenerate."
      ],
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        [
          "vile",
          "vile"
        ],
        [
          "degenerate",
          "degenerate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To become vile or degenerate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmuːlən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔu̯lən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mowlen"
}
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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Fungi"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "moul"
    }
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "non",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "1": "enm",
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse *mugla (compare attested mygla), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "mowleth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mowlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mowlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowledest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowleden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymowled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moule",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moulen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mowlyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muhelin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muwlen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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      },
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To become moldy; to rot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "moldy",
          "moldy"
        ],
        [
          "rot",
          "rot"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To become vile or degenerate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vile",
          "vile"
        ],
        [
          "degenerate",
          "degenerate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To become vile or degenerate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmuːlən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔu̯lən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mowlen"
}

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