dokkyn
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom dok + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdokkyn
- (Late Middle English) To lessen or shorten; to ruin or adulterate.
- (rare) To dock (slice hair of an animal's tail)
- (rare, Late Middle English) To lessen one's rights or capabilities.
Conjugation
editConjugation of dokkyn (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “dokken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.