queal
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queal¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.
verb queals · quealing · quealed
- To faint away.
queal²
verb queals · quealing · quealed
- Obsolete form of quail.quail
