sken
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.[1]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)
- (Northern English) to squint
- 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:
- She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.
- 1861, Edwin Waugh, "The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle":
- He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.
- 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:
- (Northern English) to glance
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “sken”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
AnagramsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
VerbEdit
skēn
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sken n
- an appearance; guise
- skenet bedrar
- the appearance may fool you
- skenet bedrar
- a (strong) light
- månens matta sken
- the dim light of the moon
- månens matta sken
- bolting
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sken | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sken | skenet | sken | skenen |
Genitive | skens | skenets | skens | skenens |
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
sken
- past tense of skina.
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse skin, from skína, whence skiin.
NounEdit
sken n