croken
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn; equivalent to crok + -en (infinitival suffix), ultimately from Old English *crōc (“crook, hook”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
croken
- To be bent; to curve:
- To make bent; to crook:
- To religiously err; to fall into sin.
- To cause to fall into sin.
- (rare) To discuss misleadingly.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of croken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “crọ̄ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.