crouken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crowken

Etymology

Back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcettung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːkən/

Verb

crouken

1. to coo, croak
2. to groan (of persons)

Conjugation

Conjugation of crouken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) crouken, crouke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	crouke	crouked
2nd-person singular	croukest	croukedest
3rd-person singular	crouketh	crouked
subjunctive singular	crouke
imperative singular		—
plural1	crouken, crouke	croukeden, croukede
imperative plural	crouketh, crouke	—
participles	croukynge, croukende	crouked, ycrouked

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

Descendants

• English: croak
• ⇒ Yola: crookeen, crooken

References

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