pullen

English

Etymology

From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet.

Noun

pullen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) domestic fowl; poultry
    • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
      The palsie plagues my pulses
      when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
      your culuers take, or matchles make
      your Chanticleare or sullen
  2. (obsolete) the meat from a domestic fowl
  3. (obsolete) the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children

Dutch

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Noun

pullen

  1. plural of pul

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulən/

Verb

pullen

  1. to pull

Conjugation

Conjugation of pullen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) pullen, pulle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular pulle pulled
2nd-person singular pullest pulledest
3rd-person singular pulleth pulled
subjunctive singular pulle
imperative singular —
plural1 pullen, pulle pulleden, pullede
imperative plural pulleth, pulle —
participles pullynge, pullende pulled, ypulled

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

Descendants

  • English: pull
  • Scots: pul, pow
  • ⇒ Yola: poulee

References

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