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huler2 (c.1141)
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huler2 (c.1141)

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heuler;  ouler,  uler,  uller  (usler)  
  FEW:  ululare 14,13a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  hurler 9,776b TL: uller 1 11,35 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  hurler  TLF:  hurler  OED:  howl v.  MED:  houlen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.intrans.

1mammalssoundzool.(of wolf or dog) to howl: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  E ad trové les chens ullant : Il s'esmerveille ke il unt, Purquei ullent e tel dol funt  S Gile1 1630
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Li uns giseient desur l'autre; Crient, ullent cumme veautre (= hound)  Vis S Paul ross2 A276
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Louwe oule (M.E. wolfe yollez), cheine baie  BIBB ROTH (G) 256
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  ele ne fet fors uller come lou  Ancren1 99.6
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Lou hule (M.E. gouluth)  Nominale 745
♦soundmammalszool.(of bull) to roar, bellow: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Heula et cria com un tors  S Audree1 3248
♦mammalssoundzool.(of bear) to roar, bellow: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (a holy man) Tot segur par treis e par quatre; Sis (=bears) seut nis par coustume batre D’une petitette paumoire (=slap of the hand) Tant q'il les fist usler e broire De fin angoisse e de poour  Dial Greg SATF 11812
2humansound(of person) to cry, wail: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Femme enceinte ullerunt, Mut se dementerunt  Sibile 375
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Devant Pilat[e] te font traire Et t’acusent, Roi debonaire, Ne ne cessent uller ne braire  Ross ANTS 600
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Plorez e hulez [...] pur vos dolours qe vous avendront  BOZ Cont 139

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See also:

hule 
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