paralell

English

Verb

paralell (third-person singular simple present paralells, present participle paralelling, simple past and past participle paralelled)

  1. Obsolete spelling of parallel.
    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 137, column 2:
      Macb[eth]. ’Twas a rough Night. / Lenox. My young remembrance cannot paralell / A fellow to it.
    • 1648, Paul Knell, Israel and England Paralelled, in a Sermon Preached before the Honourable Society of Grayes-Inne, […]‎[1], London, →OCLC
    • 1716, M. R., “The Last Time of His Magistracy”, in W[illiam] H[ylton] D[yer] Longstaffe, editor, Memoirs of the Life of Mr. Ambrose Barnes, […] (The Publications of the Surtees Society; L), Durham: […] [F]or the [Surtees] Society, by Andrews & Co. [et al.], published 1867, →OCLC, page 174:
      The prodigies of this reign can scarce be paralelled in any reign.

References

Swedish

Adjective

paralell

  1. misspelling of parallell

Declension

Inflection of paralell
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular paralell — —
neuter singular paralellt — —
plural paralella — —
masculine plural2 paralelle — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 paralelle — —
all paralella — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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