"loken" meaning in Middle English

See loken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈloːkən/, /lyːk/ [Northern]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|lōcian|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English lōcian, {{inh+|enm|ang|lōcian}} Inherited from Old English lōcian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*lōkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} loken, {{enm-verb|stem=lok}} loken (third-person singular simple present loketh, present participle lokende, lokynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loked) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|lok}} Forms: loketh [present, singular, third-person], lokende [participle, present], lokynge [participle, present], loked [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], loken [infinitive], to loken [infinitive], loke [infinitive], loke [first-person, present, singular], loked [first-person, past, singular], lokest [present, second-person, singular], lokedest [past, second-person, singular], loketh [present, singular, third-person], loked [past, singular, third-person], loke [present, singular, subjunctive], loked [past, singular, subjunctive], loke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], loken [plural, present], loke [plural, present], lokeden [past, plural], lokede [past, plural], loketh [imperative, plural, present], loke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], lokynge [participle, present], lokende [participle, present], loked [participle, past], yloked [participle, past], loke [alternative], lokke [alternative], looke [alternative], locan [alternative, Early-Middle-English], locen [alternative, Early-Middle-English], lokenn [alternative, Early-Middle-English], lokiæn [alternative, Early-Middle-English], lokien [alternative, Early-Middle-English], lokin [alternative, Early-Middle-English], luke [alternative, Northern], loki [alternative, Kent], loky [alternative, Kent]
  1. to look (at)
    Sense id: en-loken-enm-verb-eanrGiRj Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. to look (to appear to be)
    Sense id: en-loken-enm-verb-2ZUu9PyS Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biloken, umbeloken, underloken

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "biloken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "umbeloken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "underloken"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "luik"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "leuk"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "look"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luik"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "leuk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luke"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "luke"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luik"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "leuk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luke"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "luik"
    },
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      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "looke"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
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      "name": "yesno"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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    },
    {
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        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "*lōkōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loketh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to loken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yloked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "locan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "locen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokenn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokiæn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loki",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loky",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "loken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "lok"
      },
      "expansion": "loken (third-person singular simple present loketh, present participle lokende, lokynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loked)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lok"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 29 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 29 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look (at)"
      ],
      "id": "en-loken-enm-verb-eanrGiRj",
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 29 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 29 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look (to appear to be)"
      ],
      "id": "en-loken-enm-verb-2ZUu9PyS",
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈloːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lyːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loken"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "biloken"
    },
    {
      "word": "umbeloken"
    },
    {
      "word": "underloken"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "luik"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "leuk"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luik"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "leuk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luke"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "luke"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luik"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "leuk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "luke"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "luik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "looke"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lōcian",
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loketh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to loken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yloked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "locan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "locen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokenn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokiæn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lokin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loki",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loky",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "loken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "lok"
      },
      "expansion": "loken (third-person singular simple present loketh, present participle lokende, lokynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loked)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lok"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to look (at)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to look (to appear to be)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈloːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lyːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loken"
}

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