croken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• kroken, crooken, crooke, croke, crook
• cruken (Northern)

Etymology

From Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn; equivalent to crok +‎ -en (infinitival suffix), ultimately from Old English *crōc (“crook, hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkroːkən/

Verb

croken

1. To be bent; to curve:
   1. To twist; to curve multiple times.
   2. (of the body) To become crippled or distorted.
2. To make bent; to crook:
   1. To bow or genuflect.
   2. (of the body, rare) To cripple; to disfigure.
3. To religiously err; to fall into sin.
4. To cause to fall into sin.
5. (rare) To discuss misleadingly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of croken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) croken, croke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	croke	croked
2nd-person singular	crokest	crokedest
3rd-person singular	croketh	croked
subjunctive singular	croke
imperative singular		—
plural1	croken, croke	crokeden, crokede
imperative plural	croketh, croke	—
participles	crokynge, crokende	croked, ycroked

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

Descendants

• English: crook
• Scots: cruik
• Yola: curk

References

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