Middle English Dictionary Entry
waselen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | waselen v. |
| Etymology | ?From wōse n.(2); cp. MnE dial. wassle to trample. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To become encumbered or befouled with mud.
Associated quotations
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)430 : Y…seiȝ a sely man…Al beslombred in fen as he þe plow folwede…Þis whit waselede in þe fern [vr. fen] almost to þe ancle, Foure roþeren hym by-forn.