croken

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn; equivalent to crok +‎ -en (infinitival suffix), ultimately from Old English *crōc (“crook, hook”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkroːkən/

Verb

croken

  1. To be bent; to curve:
    1. To twist; to curve multiple times.
    2. (of the body) To become crippled or distorted.
  2. To make bent; to crook:
    1. To bow or genuflect.
    2. (of the body, rare) To cripple; to disfigure.
  3. To religiously err; to fall into sin.
  4. To cause to fall into sin.
  5. (rare) To discuss misleadingly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of croken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) croken, croke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular croke croked
2nd-person singular crokest crokedest
3rd-person singular croketh croked
subjunctive singular croke
imperative singular —
plural1 croken, croke crokeden, crokede
imperative plural croketh, croke —
participles crokynge, crokende croked, ycroked

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: crook
  • Scots: cruik
  • Yola: curk

References

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