forken
See also: Forken
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From fork + -en, modelled after strong past participles.
Adjective edit
forken (comparative more forken, superlative most forken)
- (archaic) Forked.
- 1868, Samuel Cuthbert Rogers, Vesper songs:
- For ah! whatever evils lodge with youth, Like caterpillars on the leaves of spring, It of its essence counts the lip of truth, The honest tongue that wears no forken sting, The heart untouched by Care's prevailing […]
- 1977, American Guild of Organists, Royal Canadian College of Organists, Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, The American organist:
- While an organ with a "forken tongue" may sound loud enough in the church, there is a real loss of clarity.
Danish edit
Noun edit
forken c
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From forke + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
forken
- (intransitive) To fork, split, divide, separate (into distinct sections)
- (intransitive, anatomical, rare, Late Middle English) To have a point or spike.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of forken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: (to) fork
References edit
- “forken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Etymology 2 edit
From forke + -en (“plural ending”).
Noun edit
forken