"berken" meaning in Middle English

See berken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛrkən/
Etymology: From Old English beorcan, from Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|beorcan}} Old English beorcan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*berkan|t=to bark}} Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} berken Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|berk|bark|bork|bork|class=3|w_class=ed|y=0}} Forms: strong weak [table-tags], berken [infinitive], to berken [infinitive], berke [infinitive], berke [first-person, present, singular], bark [first-person, past, singular], berked [first-person, past, singular], berkest [present, second-person, singular], borke [past, second-person, singular], bark [past, second-person, singular], berkedest [past, second-person, singular], berketh [present, singular, third-person], bark [past, singular, third-person], berked [past, singular, third-person], berke [present, singular, subjunctive], borke [past, singular, subjunctive], berked [past, singular, subjunctive], berke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], berken [plural, present], berke [plural, present], borken [past, plural], borke [past, plural], berkeden [past, plural], berkede [past, plural], berketh [imperative, plural, present], berke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], berkynge [participle, present], berkende [participle, present], borken [participle, past], borke [participle, past], berked [participle, past]
  1. To bark (make a sound characteristic of a dog) Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-berken-enm-verb-1bSuALNc Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 58 42 Categories (other): Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 14 40
  2. To grumble or whine; to utter complaints or insults. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-berken-enm-verb-6g~g2409 Disambiguation of Talking: 37 63 Categories (other): Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 14 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beerke, barken, beorken, borken, berke, barke, berkyn Derived forms: berkere, berkyng

Alternative forms

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