clokken

Middle English

Alternative forms

cloken, clocken, clokkyn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɔkən/

Verb

clokken

(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	clokked
imperative singular	clokke	—

plural¹	clokken, clokke	clokkeden, clokkede
imperative plural	clokketh, clokke	—

participles	clokkynge, clokkende	clokked, yclokked

¹Sometimes 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.

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