"sken" meaning in English

See sken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /skɛn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sken.wav [Southern-England] Forms: skens [present, singular, third-person], skenning [participle, present], skenned [participle, past], skenned [past]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Obscure origin, possibly related to askance. Etymology templates: {{m|en|askance}} askance Head templates: {{en-verb}} sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)
  1. (Northern English) to squint Tags: Northern-English
    Sense id: en-sken-en-verb-Z1X1wioI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. (Northern English) to glance Tags: Northern-English
    Sense id: en-sken-en-verb-5LUO~LHC

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sken meaning in English (2.0kB)

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