"walken" meaning in Middle English

See walken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} walken
  1. (Essex) alternative form of welkne (“sky”) Tags: Essex, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: welkne (extra: sky)
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-noun-aj47j98H Categories (other): Essex Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈwalkən/, /ˈwau̯lkən/ (note: late ME)
Etymology: Originally two verbs; in both cases, equivalent to walk + -en (infinitival suffix): * Old English wealcan, from Proto-West Germanic *walkan, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną. * Old English wealcian, from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|walk|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} walk + -en (infinitival suffix), {{inh|enm|ang|wealcan}} Old English wealcan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*walkan}} Proto-West Germanic *walkan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*walkaną}} Proto-Germanic *walkaną, {{inh|enm|ang|wealcian}} Old English wealcian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*walkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*walkōną}} Proto-Germanic *walkōną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} walken, {{enm-verb|walketh|walkynge|welk|walken}} walken (third-person singular simple present walketh, present participle walkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative welk, past participle walken) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|walk|welk||walk|c=7|w=ede}} Forms: walketh [present, singular, third-person], walkynge [participle, present], welk [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], walken [participle, past], strong weak [table-tags], walken [infinitive], to walken [infinitive], walke [infinitive], walke [first-person, present, singular], welk [first-person, past, singular], walked [first-person, past, singular], walkede [first-person, past, singular], walkest [present, second-person, singular], welke [past, second-person, singular], walkedest [past, second-person, singular], walketh [present, singular, third-person], welk [past, singular, third-person], walked [past, singular, third-person], walkede [past, singular, third-person], walke [present, singular, subjunctive], welke [past, singular, subjunctive], walked [past, singular, subjunctive], walkede [past, singular, subjunctive], walke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], walken [plural, present], walke [plural, present], welken [past, plural], welke [past, plural], walkeden [past, plural], walked [past, plural], walkede [past, plural], walketh [imperative, plural, present], walke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], walkynge [participle, present], walkende [participle, present], walken [participle, past], walke [participle, past], walked [participle, past], ywalken [participle, past], ywalke [participle, past], walk [alternative], walke [alternative], wolken [alternative], walkyn [alternative, East-Anglia]
  1. To roll, toss, or turn.
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-r39noE3N
  2. To go or continue on a journey:
    To journey in or through (a place)
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-THVtTrId Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. To go or continue on a journey:
    To walk, especially for recreation.
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-S-21z2bP Categories (other): Travel Disambiguation of Travel: 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. To move; to be in motion:
    To move around; to be mobile.
    Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-WTC8G6gu Disambiguation of Lifeforms: 0 0 2 3 43 43 3 0 1 5 Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 6 8 8 21 21 9 9 11 7 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 0 0 2 3 40 40 3 0 1 11
  5. To move; to be in motion:
    To be active; to operate.
    Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-7TLU37Bw Disambiguation of Lifeforms: 0 0 2 3 43 43 3 0 1 5 Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 6 8 8 21 21 9 9 11 7 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 0 0 2 3 40 40 3 0 1 11
  6. To be living; to be alive:
    To reside or live somewhere.
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-TIiVDnTa
  7. To be living; to be alive:
    To live (in a certain way).
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-ZNtwZXSx
  8. (Late Middle English) To full or beat (cloth). Tags: Late-Middle-English Synonyms: fullen
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-v9pjkw6z Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 6 8 8 21 21 9 9 11 7
  9. (rare) To perform (tasks or jobs). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-walken-enm-verb-Hzx2Byj6 Categories (other): Human behaviour Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 0 0 2 3 40 40 3 0 1 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: walk, walkere, walk-mylne, waken (english: to wake), wakien (english: to watch, awake)
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
          "lang_code": "aig",
          "word": "waak"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Chinese Pidgin English",
          "lang_code": "cpi",
          "word": "walkee"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "lang_code": "jam",
          "word": "waak"
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        {
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              "lang": "Pichinglis",
              "lang_code": "fpe",
              "word": "wáka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "kri",
          "word": "waka"
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        {
          "lang": "Maroon Spirit Language",
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          "word": "waka"
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        {
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              "lang_code": "djk",
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            },
            {
              "lang": "Saramaccan",
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            }
          ],
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "lang_code": "srn",
          "word": "waka"
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        {
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            }
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          "lang": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
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          "lang_code": "srn",
          "word": "waka"
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      "word": "walke"
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      "word": "waulk"
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    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "walk"
    }
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    [
      "walk",
      "walk#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-en",
      "-en#Middle_English:_infinitival"
    ],
    [
      "wealcan",
      "wealcan#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*walkan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walkan"
    ],
    [
      "*walkaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walkaną"
    ],
    [
      "wealcian",
      "wealcian#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*walkōn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walkōn"
    ],
    [
      "*walkōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walkōną"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "walk",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "walk + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wealcan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wealcan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*walkan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *walkan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*walkaną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wealcian"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*walkōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *walkōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*walkōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *walkōną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally two verbs; in both cases, equivalent to walk + -en (infinitival suffix):\n* Old English wealcan, from Proto-West Germanic *walkan, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną.\n* Old English wealcian, from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "walketh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welk",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "7 or weak in -ede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to walken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywalken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywalke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "walken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "walketh",
        "2": "walkynge",
        "3": "welk",
        "4": "walken"
      },
      "expansion": "walken (third-person singular simple present walketh, present participle walkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative welk, past participle walken)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "walk",
        "2": "welk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "walk",
        "c": "7",
        "w": "ede"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "walk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "walkere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "walk-mylne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to wake",
      "translation": "to wake",
      "word": "waken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to watch, awake",
      "translation": "to watch, awake",
      "word": "wakien"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To roll, toss, or turn."
      ],
      "id": "en-walken-enm-verb-r39noE3N",
      "links": [
        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
        [
          "toss",
          "toss"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Travel",
          "orig": "enm:Travel",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go or continue on a journey:",
        "To journey in or through (a place)"
      ],
      "id": "en-walken-enm-verb-THVtTrId",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Travel",
          "orig": "enm:Travel",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go or continue on a journey:",
        "To walk, especially for recreation."
      ],
      "id": "en-walken-enm-verb-S-21z2bP",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "recreation",
          "recreation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 8 8 21 21 9 9 11 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 2 3 40 40 3 0 1 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Human behaviour",
          "orig": "enm:Human behaviour",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 2 3 43 43 3 0 1 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "To move; to be in motion:",
        "To move around; to be mobile."
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        [
          "move",
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        [
          "motion",
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        [
          "move",
          "move"
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        [
          "mobile",
          "mobile"
        ]
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    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 8 8 21 21 9 9 11 7",
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          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "0 0 2 3 40 40 3 0 1 11",
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          "_dis": "0 0 2 3 43 43 3 0 1 5",
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          "active",
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        [
          "operate",
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        "To be living; to be alive:",
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        [
          "alive",
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          "reside",
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        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To be living; to be alive:",
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      "id": "en-walken-enm-verb-ZNtwZXSx",
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        [
          "living",
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        [
          "alive",
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        ],
        [
          "live",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "6 8 8 21 21 9 9 11 7",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        [
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          "beat",
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fullen"
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        "Late-Middle-English"
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        {
          "_dis": "0 0 2 3 40 40 3 0 1 11",
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      "ipa": "/ˈwalkən/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈwau̯lkən/",
      "note": "late ME"
    }
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}

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}
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    "Middle English lemmas",
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    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "enm:Lifeforms",
    "enm:Travel"
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
          "lang_code": "aig",
          "word": "waak"
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        {
          "lang": "Chinese Pidgin English",
          "lang_code": "cpi",
          "word": "walkee"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "lang_code": "jam",
          "word": "waak"
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              "word": "wáka"
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          "word": "waka"
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          "lang": "Maroon Spirit Language",
          "lang_code": "crp-mar",
          "word": "waka"
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          "lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
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          "word": "waka"
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              "lang": "Aukan",
              "lang_code": "djk",
              "word": "wáka"
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            {
              "lang": "Saramaccan",
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              "word": "wáka"
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          "word": "waka"
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              "lang": "Saramaccan",
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              "word": "wáka"
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      "word": "walk"
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          "lang": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
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          "lang_code": "cpi",
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        {
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
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          "word": "waka"
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              "word": "wáka"
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              "lang": "Saramaccan",
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              "word": "wáka"
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          "lang_code": "srn",
          "word": "waka"
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        {
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              "word": "wáka"
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      "word": "walke"
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      "lang": "English",
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      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "walk"
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      "walk",
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      "wealcan",
      "wealcan#Old_English"
    ],
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      "*walkan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walkan"
    ],
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      "*walkaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walkaną"
    ],
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      "wealcian",
      "wealcian#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*walkōn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walkōn"
    ],
    [
      "*walkōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walkōną"
    ]
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wealcan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "walketh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "welk",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "walken",
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        "past"
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      "form": "strong weak",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "7 or weak in -ede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class"
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      "form": "walken",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "to walken",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "welk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "walkest",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walken",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welken",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "welke",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkeden",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkede",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walkende",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walked",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywalken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywalke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "walke",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "walkyn",
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        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
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        "head": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "2": "walkynge",
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        "3": "",
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        "w": "ede"
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "walk"
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    {
      "word": "walkere"
    },
    {
      "word": "walk-mylne"
    },
    {
      "english": "to wake",
      "translation": "to wake",
      "word": "waken"
    },
    {
      "english": "to watch, awake",
      "translation": "to watch, awake",
      "word": "wakien"
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      "glosses": [
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        [
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          "roll"
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        [
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          "toss"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
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        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
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          "continue",
          "continue"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "recreation",
          "recreation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move; to be in motion:",
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      ],
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        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
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        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "mobile",
          "mobile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move; to be in motion:",
        "To be active; to operate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "active",
          "active"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be living; to be alive:",
        "To reside or live somewhere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
          "alive",
          "alive"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be living; to be alive:",
        "To live (in a certain way)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
          "alive",
          "alive"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To full or beat (cloth)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "full",
          "full#English:_to_densen_cloth"
        ],
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English) To full or beat (cloth)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fullen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform (tasks or jobs)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To perform (tasks or jobs)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwalkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwau̯lkən/",
      "note": "late ME"
    }
  ],
  "word": "walken"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English variant lemmas",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Human behaviour",
    "enm:Lifeforms",
    "enm:Travel"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "var": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "walken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sky",
          "word": "welkne"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Essex Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of welkne (“sky”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "welkne",
          "welkne#Middle_English:_sky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Essex) alternative form of welkne (“sky”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Essex",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "walken"
}

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