clokken

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɔkən/

Verb

clokken (third-person singular simple present clokketh, present participle clokkende, clokkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle clokked)

  1. (intransitive) To cluck.

Conjugation

Conjugation of clokken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) clokken, clokke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular clokke clokked
2nd-person singular clokkest clokkedest
3rd-person singular clokketh clokked
subjunctive singular clokke
imperative singular —
plural1 clokken, clokke clokkeden, clokkede
imperative plural clokketh, clokke —
participles clokkynge, clokkende clokked, yclokked

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: clock; cluck
  • Middle Scots: clock, cloik

References

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