"clokken" meaning in Middle English

See clokken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɔkən/
Etymology: From Old English cloccian, from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cloccian}} Old English cloccian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*klukkwōn}} Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*klukkwōną}} Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} clokken, {{enm-verb|stem=clokk}} clokken (third-person singular simple present clokketh, present participle clokkende, clokkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle clokked) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|clokk}} Forms: clokketh [present, singular, third-person], clokkende [participle, present], clokkynge [participle, present], clokked [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], clokken [infinitive], to clokken [infinitive], clokke [infinitive], clokke [first-person, present, singular], clokked [first-person, past, singular], clokkest [present, second-person, singular], clokkedest [past, second-person, singular], clokketh [present, singular, third-person], clokked [past, singular, third-person], clokke [present, singular, subjunctive], clokked [past, singular, subjunctive], clokke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], clokken [plural, present], clokke [plural, present], clokkeden [past, plural], clokkede [past, plural], clokketh [imperative, plural, present], clokke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], clokkynge [participle, present], clokkende [participle, present], clokked [participle, past], yclokked [participle, past], clocken [alternative], cloken [alternative], clokkyn [alternative]
  1. (intransitive) To cluck. Tags: intransitive

Alternative forms

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      "form": "clokkeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "yclokked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "clocken",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cloken",
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        "To cluck."
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        "(intransitive) To cluck."
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    }
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      "form": "to clokken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "clokke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "clokkedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "clokketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "clokked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "clokke",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "clokken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clokke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clokkeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clokkede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "clokketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "past"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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