"balken" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbalkən/
Etymology: From balke. Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} balken Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|balk}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], balken [infinitive], to balken [infinitive], balke [infinitive], balke [first-person, present, singular], balked [first-person, past, singular], balkest [present, second-person, singular], balkedest [past, second-person, singular], balketh [present, singular, third-person], balked [past, singular, third-person], balke [present, singular, subjunctive], balked [past, singular, subjunctive], balke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], balken [plural, present], balke [plural, present], balkeden [past, plural], balkede [past, plural], balketh [imperative, plural, present], balke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], balkynge [participle, present], balkende [participle, present], balked [participle, past], ybalked [participle, past]
  1. to leave an unplowed ridge between furrows.
    Sense id: en-balken-enm-verb-E5fHijWi Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 27 8 11 4 28 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 33 6 8 3 35 7 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. to omit or neglect.
    Sense id: en-balken-enm-verb-dk03vrf3 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 27 8 11 4 28 10
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "balk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "balke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From balke.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to balken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ybalked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "balken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "balk"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 27 8 11 4 28 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 33 6 8 3 35 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave an unplowed ridge between furrows."
      ],
      "id": "en-balken-enm-verb-E5fHijWi",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 27 8 11 4 28 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to omit or neglect."
      ],
      "id": "en-balken-enm-verb-dk03vrf3",
      "links": [
        [
          "omit",
          "omit"
        ],
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balken"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "balk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "balke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From balke.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to balken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balkende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ybalked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "balken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "balk"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to leave an unplowed ridge between furrows."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to omit or neglect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "omit",
          "omit"
        ],
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balken"
}

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