weyken

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From weyk +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare woken and Old English wǣcan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwæi̯kən/

Verb

weyken

  1. To make tired or exhausted; to overexert.
  2. (rare) To become weakened or tired.
  3. (rare) To make or become weak or powerless.

Conjugation

Conjugation of weyken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) weyken, weyke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular weyke weyked
2nd-person singular weykest weykedest
3rd-person singular weyketh weyked
subjunctive singular weyke
imperative singular —
plural1 weyken, weyke weykeden, weykede
imperative plural weyketh, weyke —
participles weykynge, weykende weyked, yweyked

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

Descendants

  • English: weak (obsolete), weaken

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.