toknen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tācnian, from tācn (“token, sign”); equivalent to token +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

toknen (third-person singular simple present tokneth, present participle toknende, toknynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tokned)

1. to token (symbolize, designate, portend, indicate)

Alternative forms

• tokne, tokni, toknin, tokene, tokenen, tokin, tokine, tokun
• taken (Northern)
• tacnen, tacnien, tocnen (Early Middle English)

Descendants

• English: token
• Scots: taiken

References

• “tōknen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From token +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

toknen

1. (Kent) Alternative form of tokenes: plural of token