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ejulare

ejulare [CL] , to wail, lament (intr.); b (fig., w. inanim. subj.). c (of foxes) to howl. d (gdv.) lamentable. 716 spiritus ‥ hejulantes cecidisse in puteos Bonif. Ep. 10; [homo lubricus] lacrymans et ~ans veniam poscit Gosc. Aug. Maj. 86b; mater ‥ pueri nimio dolore constricta †evilando [l. ejulando] clamare cepit Anselm Bury Mir. Virg. 19; inspexit ‥ anum flentem et ~antem G. Mon. X 3; illum excitantes ‥, quare sic in quietis silentio ~aret, fleret et voces emitteret explorarunt R. Cold. Godr. 267; flens et ~ans [ME: graninde] AncrR 126.  b 1163 non ~abit clamans terra tua post te, que doctrine fluentis ‥ irrigabitur G. Foliot Ep. 147.  c vulpes ~ant Aldh. PR 131.  d †680 (12c) fortuna fallentis saeculi procax ‥, fellita ~andae corruptionis amaritudine odibilis CS 54 (= W. Malm. GP V 201); 934 fellita hejulandae corruptionis amaritudine CS 702.

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