clokken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cloken, clocken, clokkyn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔkən/

Verb

clokken

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: cluck, clock
• Scots: clok, clock, cleck

References

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