flikeren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• flekeren, flekyren, flekiren, flykeren

Etymology

From Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn.

Verb

flikeren

1. to flutter
2. to waver

Conjugation

Conjugation of flikeren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) flikeren, flikere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	flikere	flikered
2nd-person singular	flikerest	flikeredest
3rd-person singular	flikereth	flikered
subjunctive singular	flikere
imperative singular		—
plural1	flikeren, flikere	flikereden, flikerede
imperative plural	flikereth, flikere	—
participles	flikerynge, flikerende	flikered, yflikered

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

Descendants

• English: flicker

References

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