"toilen" meaning in Middle English

See toilen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtui̯lən/, /ˈtɔi̯lən/
Etymology: Most likely from Anglo-Norman toilier, but possibly from Middle Dutch tuylen. Compare tilyen. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|xno|toilier}} Anglo-Norman toilier, {{der|enm|dum|tuylen}} Middle Dutch tuylen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} toilen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|toil}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], toilen [infinitive], to toilen [infinitive], toile [infinitive], toile [first-person, present, singular], toiled [first-person, past, singular], toilest [present, second-person, singular], toiledest [past, second-person, singular], toileth [present, singular, third-person], toiled [past, singular, third-person], toile [present, singular, subjunctive], toiled [past, singular, subjunctive], toile [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], toilen [plural, present], toile [plural, present], toileden [past, plural], toilede [past, plural], toileth [imperative, plural, present], toile [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], toilynge [participle, present], toilende [participle, present], toiled [participle, past], ytoiled [participle, past], toylen [alternative], toile [alternative], tull [alternative], toille [alternative], tolyon [alternative], tolyn [alternative], tolyyn [alternative], tulyn [alternative]
  1. To fight, war, attack; to participate in a conflict.
    Sense id: en-toilen-enm-verb-enm:to_fight Categories (other): War Disambiguation of War: 55 42 2 0 0 0
  2. To enter into a legal case; to debate or promote a view.
    Sense id: en-toilen-enm-verb-V2DtoVwp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Law, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 23 14 7 21 26 Disambiguation of Law: 0 73 21 0 5 1 Disambiguation of Violence: 16 21 17 14 16 17
  3. To toil, exert oneself; to perform agricultural work.
    Sense id: en-toilen-enm-verb-lxn6m-jI Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Agriculture Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 23 14 7 21 26 Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 100 0 0 0
  4. To drag, draw; to forcibly move towards oneself.
    Sense id: en-toilen-enm-verb-ug~tx6JG
  5. (cooking) To combine the components of a meal.
    Sense id: en-toilen-enm-verb-KFS-4BhX Categories (other): Cooking, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 23 14 7 21 26 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  6. (rare) To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-toilen-enm-verb-YIq0~fyv 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: 9 23 14 7 21 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 18 8 7 15 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 12 6 5 27 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: toyle, toiling, toilous

Alternative forms

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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "toilynge",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toilende",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "toylen",
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      "form": "toile",
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      "form": "tull",
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      "form": "toille",
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      "form": "tolyon",
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      "form": "tolyn",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tolyyn",
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      "form": "tulyn",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "To fight, war, attack; to participate in a conflict."
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          "attack"
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          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
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        "To enter into a legal case; to debate or promote a view."
      ],
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          "debate",
          "debate"
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          "promote",
          "promote"
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          "_dis": "9 23 14 7 21 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "0 0 100 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "enm:Agriculture",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To toil, exert oneself; to perform agricultural work."
      ],
      "id": "en-toilen-enm-verb-lxn6m-jI",
      "links": [
        [
          "toil",
          "toil"
        ],
        [
          "exert",
          "exert"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To drag, draw; to forcibly move towards oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-toilen-enm-verb-ug~tx6JG",
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          "drag",
          "drag"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ]
      ]
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        "To combine the components of a meal."
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      "id": "en-toilen-enm-verb-KFS-4BhX",
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          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
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        "(cooking) To combine the components of a meal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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          "_dis": "9 23 14 7 21 26",
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        {
          "_dis": "7 18 8 7 15 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "6 12 6 5 27 44",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        "To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully."
      ],
      "id": "en-toilen-enm-verb-YIq0~fyv",
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          "anguish",
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          "taunt",
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        "(rare) To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully."
      ],
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        "rare"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtui̯lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔi̯lən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toilen"
}
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    {
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        "present",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present"
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        "plural"
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        "past",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "toilynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toilende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toiled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ytoiled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toylen",
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        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "toile",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tull",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toille",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tolyon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tolyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tolyyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tulyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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      "word": "toiling"
    },
    {
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  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fight, war, attack; to participate in a conflict."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to fight"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To enter into a legal case; to debate or promote a view."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "debate",
          "debate"
        ],
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To toil, exert oneself; to perform agricultural work."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "toil",
          "toil"
        ],
        [
          "exert",
          "exert"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To drag, draw; to forcibly move towards oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drag",
          "drag"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To combine the components of a meal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking) To combine the components of a meal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anguish",
          "anguish"
        ],
        [
          "distraughtness",
          "distraughtness"
        ],
        [
          "taunt",
          "taunt"
        ],
        [
          "bully",
          "bully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To promote anguish or distraughtness; to taunt or bully."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtui̯lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔi̯lən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toilen"
}

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