bloken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blake, blaken
• blakien, blokie (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English blācian (“to become pale”); equivalent to blok (“pale”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

bloken (third-person singular simple present bloketh, present participle blokende, blokynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bloked) (uncommon, intransitive)

1. To become pale or pallid.
2. To frighten.
3. To become scared.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bloken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) bloken
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bloke	bloked
2nd-person singular	blokest	blokedest
3rd-person singular	bloketh	bloked
subjunctive singular	bloke
imperative singular		—
plural1	bloken, bloke	blokeden, blokede
imperative plural	bloketh, bloke	—
participles	blokynge, blokende	bloked

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

Descendants

• Yola: blauke, blauyke, blaake

References

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