# fullen
## English
### Etymology

From full +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

### Verb

fullen (third-person singular simple present fullens, present participle fullening, simple past and past participle fullened)
* (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become full
** 1984, Womanspirit - Issue 39, page 11:That red day, the girl fades into the fullening form of maiden.
** 2012, William Martin, Cape Cod:Then she took off the bodice that encased her upper body and the bum roll that fullened her hips.
** 2016, Adina Araptai, Reaching: Whatever It Will Take:Under the tree where they are seated, normally called the lovers court because couples tend to frequent it, students start flocking the place fullening it.

## Catalan
### Verb

fullen
* third-person plural present indicative of fullar

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From fulle (“fullness”) +‎ -en. Compare Old English fullian (“to fill”).

#### Alternative forms

* fulle, fullyn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfulən/

#### Verb

fullen (third-person singular simple present fulleth, present participle fullende, fullynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fulled)
* To fill; to make full.
* (rare) To become full.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) fullen, fulle | (to) fullen, fulle |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | fulle | fulled |
| 2nd-person singular | fullest | fulledest |
| 3rd-person singular | fulleth | fulled |
| subjunctive singular | fulle | fulled |
| imperative singular | fulle | — |
| plural$^1$ | fullen, fulle | fulleden, fullede |
| imperative plural | fulleth, fulle | — |
| participles | fullynge, fullende | fulled, yfulled |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: full
* Scots: full, fou, foo

##### References

* “fullen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French fouler, from Old French fouler, foler, from Late Latin fullare.

#### Alternative forms

* full, fulle, fullyn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfulən/

#### Verb

fullen (third-person singular simple present fulleth, present participle fullende, fullynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fulled) (Late Middle English)
* To full or beat (cloth).
    Synonym: walken
* (by extension, rare) To stomp or push.
* (figurative, rare) To overcome or crush.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) fullen, fulle | (to) fullen, fulle |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | fulle | fulled |
| 2nd-person singular | fullest | fulledest |
| 3rd-person singular | fulleth | fulled |
| subjunctive singular | fulle | fulled |
| imperative singular | fulle | — |
| plural$^1$ | fullen, fulle | fulleden, fullede |
| imperative plural | fulleth, fulle | — |
| participles | fullynge, fullende | fulled, yfulled |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* fullere

##### Descendants

* English: full

##### References

* “fullen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old English fullian, fulwian, from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon), from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan.

#### Alternative forms

* folewen, follen, folowen, fully, fulwen, vollen, vullen
* fulhen, vulȝen (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈful(w)ən/, /ˈfuliən/, /ˈfuliu̯ən/, /ˈfulɔu̯ən/

#### Verb

fullen (third-person singular simple present fulleth, present participle fullende, fullynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fulled)
* To baptise or christen; to perform baptism.
    Synonyms: baptisen, cristenen

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) fullen, fulle | (to) fullen, fulle |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | fulle | fulled |
| 2nd-person singular | fullest | fulledest |
| 3rd-person singular | fulleth | fulled |
| subjunctive singular | fulle | fulled |
| imperative singular | fulle | — |
| plural$^1$ | fullen, fulle | fulleden, fullede |
| imperative plural | fulleth, fulle | — |
| participles | fullynge, fullende | fulled, yfulled |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* fulloght

##### Descendants

* English: full (obsolete)

##### References

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

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

fullen
* Alternative form of fellen

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

fullen
* Alternative form of fillen

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, see also Old Saxon fullian, Dutch vullen, Old English fyllan, Old Norse fylla, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan).

### Verb

fullen
* to fill

#### Related terms

* foll

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: vüllen
** Bavarian: fuin, fülln, fün
** Cimbrian: vüllan, büllan (Mezzaselva)
** German: füllen
** Luxembourgish: fëllen