# eilen
## Finnish

Temporal adverbs :
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### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eklen, of uncertain earlier origin. Seemingly an instructive singular case.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈei̯len/, [ˈe̞i̯le̞n]
* Rhymes: -eilen
* Hyphenation: ei‧len

### Adverb

eilen (not comparable)
* yesterday
    eilen illalla ― (during) last night

#### Derived terms

* eilinen

#### Related terms

* eilinen

### Further reading

* “eilen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
* eilen in Kettunen, Lauri (1940): Suomen murrekartasto

### Anagrams

* Eelin, elein, liene, niele

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German īlen, from Old High German īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan (“to make haste, hasten”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɪ̯lən]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

eilen (weak, third-person singular present eilt, past tense eilte, past participle geeilt, auxiliary haben or sein)
* to hurry, to rush
    Ich eilte zum Bahnhof. ― I hurried to the railway station.
    Sie eilte nach Hause. ― She hurried home.
** 1818, Joseph von Eichendorff, The Marble Statue ("Das Marmorbild")::Florio sah ihm lange nach, dann eilte er wie ein Trunkener der Stadt zu.Florio looked at him for long, then he hurried to the city like a drunk.
** 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):
    O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin, weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn! In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort, fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.Oh, if I could fly off like the doves, flee far away from the foe! Into the wilderness I would then hasten, and find repose in a shadowy place.
* to be urgent
    Es eilt! ― It's urgent!

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Synonyms

* hasten

#### Antonyms

* trotten

#### Derived terms

* beeilen
* davoneilen
* eilig
* enteilen
* forteilen
* herbeieilen
* übereilen
* vorauseilen
* zurückeilen

#### See also

* laufen
* rennen
* stürmen

### Further reading

* “eilen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “eilen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “eilen” in Duden online
* “eilen” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* eilien, alen

### Etymology

From Old English eġlan, eġlian, from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛi̯lən/

### Verb

eilen
* to trouble, afflict, or harm (someone or something)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) eilen, eile | (to) eilen, eile |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | eile | eiled |
| 2nd-person singular | eilest | eiledest |
| 3rd-person singular | eileth | eiled |
| subjunctive singular | eile | eiled |
| imperative singular | eile | — |
| plural$^1$ | eilen, eile | eileden, eilede |
| imperative plural | eileth, eile | — |
| participles | eilynge, eilende | eiled, yeiled |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: ail
* Scots: ail
* Yola: teil

#### References

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