"manken" meaning in Middle English

See manken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} manken
  1. (London, Norfolk) alternative form of mankyn Tags: London, Norfolk, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mankyn
    Sense id: en-manken-enm-noun-otcpIeRI Categories (other): London Middle English, Norfolk Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mancian}} Old English mancian, {{cog|gml|mank||lame, defective}} Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), {{cog|nl|mank||lame, defective}} Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), {{cog|gmh|manc||lack, defect}} Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”), {{der|enm|la-vul|*mancāre}} Vulgar Latin *mancāre, {{der|enm|la|mancus||maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete}} Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*mank-}} Proto-Indo-European *mank- Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} manken Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mank}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], manken [infinitive], to manken [infinitive], manke [infinitive], manke [first-person, present, singular], manked [first-person, past, singular], mankest [present, second-person, singular], mankedest [past, second-person, singular], manketh [present, singular, third-person], manked [past, singular, third-person], manke [present, singular, subjunctive], manked [past, singular, subjunctive], manke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], manken [plural, present], manke [plural, present], mankeden [past, plural], mankede [past, plural], manketh [imperative, plural, present], manke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], mankynge [participle, present], mankende [participle, present], manked [participle, past], ymanked [participle, past]
  1. to mangle; to mutilate; to maim
    Sense id: en-manken-enm-verb-qHqQequQ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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