Winter's wrath begins to quell.
Spenser.
Quell, v. t. [OE. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan, causative of cwelan to
die; akin to OHG. quellen to torment, Icel. kvelja. See Quail to
cower.] 1. To take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle.
Chaucer.