clokken

Middle English

Alternative forms

cloken, clocken, clokkyn

Etymology

From Old English cloccian, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɔkən/

Verb

clokken

(intransitive) To cluck

Conjugation

Conjugation of clokken (weak)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	(to) clokken
1st person singular	clokke	clokkede
2nd person singular	clokkest	clokkedest
3rd person singular	clokketh, clokkeþ	clokkede
plural	clokken	clokkeden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	clokke	clokkede
plural	clokken	clokkeden
imperative	present
singular	clokke
plural	clokketh, clokkeþ
participle	present	past
participle	clokkende, clokkinge	clokked, yclokked

Descendants

English: (to) cluck, clock
Scots: (to) clok, clock, cleck

References

“clokken (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

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