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

• pule, poule

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

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