brustlen

Middle English

Etymology

Unknown; likely a variant of brastlen (“to crackle, crash”) influenced by rustelen (“to rustle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrust(ə)lən/

Verb

brustlen (third-person singular simple present brustleth, present participle brustlende, brustlynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle brustled)

1. (rare) To crackle or rustle.
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     Right as a ship ayein the streme
     He routeth with a ſlepy noiſe
     And bruſtleth as a monkes froiſe

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of brustlen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) brustlen, brustle
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	brustle	brustled
2nd-person singular	brustlest	brustledest
3rd-person singular	brustleth	brustled
subjunctive singular	brustle
imperative singular		—
plural1	brustlen, brustle	brustleden, brustlede
imperative plural	brustleth, brustle	—
participles	brustlynge, brustlende	brustled, ybrustled

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

Descendants

• English: brustle

References

• “brustlen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.