sken

English

Etymology

Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɛn/

Verb

sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)

1. (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.

2. (Northern English) to glance

Anagrams

• kens, neks, snek

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Old Saxon

Verb

skēn

1. first/third-person past indicative of skinan

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧeːn/

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Noun

sken n

1. an appearance; guise

   skenet bedrar

   the appearance may fool you

2. a (strong) light

   månens matta sken

   the dim light of the moon

3. bolting

Declension

Declension of sken
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sken	skenet	sken	skenen
Genitive	skens	skenets	skens	skenens

Related terms

• månsken
• norrsken
• skenbar
• skenmanöver
• skina
• solsken

Verb

sken

1. past tense of skina.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skin, from skína, whence skiin.

Noun

sken n

1. drought

Derived terms

• skenjol