croken
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn; equivalent to crok + -en (infinitival suffix), ultimately from Old English *crōc (“crook, hook”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcroken
- 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
editConjugation of croken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “crọ̄ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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