"quaken" meaning in Middle English

See quaken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkwaːkən/
Etymology: From Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną. See English quake for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cwacian|t=to quake, tremble, chatter}} Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kwakōn}} Proto-West Germanic *kwakōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kwakōną}} Proto-Germanic *kwakōną, {{m+|en|quake}} English quake Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} quaken Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|quak|s2=quok|s3=quok|sc=6}} Forms: strong weak [table-tags], quaken [infinitive], to quaken [infinitive], quake [infinitive], quake [first-person, present, singular], quaked [first-person, past, singular], quok [first-person, past, singular], quakest [present, second-person, singular], quakedest [past, second-person, singular], quoke [past, second-person, singular], quok [past, second-person, singular], quaketh [present, singular, third-person], quaked [past, singular, third-person], quok [past, singular, third-person], quake [present, singular, subjunctive], quaked [past, singular, subjunctive], quoke [past, singular, subjunctive], quake [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], quaken [plural, present], quake [plural, present], quakeden [past, plural], quakede [past, plural], quoken [past, plural], quoke [past, plural], quaketh [imperative, plural, present], quake [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], quakynge [participle, present], quakende [participle, present], quaked [participle, past], yquaked [participle, past]
  1. To tremble with fear or anger.
    Sense id: en-quaken-enm-verb-K9bZBxLn
  2. To tremble from illness, cold, or heat.
    Sense id: en-quaken-enm-verb-~AVInfi-
  3. To shake; to quake.
    Sense id: en-quaken-enm-verb-zx2o6iY~
  4. (figurative) To be scared (as if trembling) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-quaken-enm-verb-jmsSUnRs
  5. (rare) To shift from side to side. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-quaken-enm-verb-82oYlHNm Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 24 4 3 6 4 3 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 6 5 6 6 5 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 4 4 4 4 3 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quake, quakien, quakiȝen, quaake, qwaken, qwake, qwhake, kwaken, cwakien, cwakie [Early-Middle-English]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shift from side to side."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shift",
          "shift"
        ],
        [
          "from side to side",
          "from side to side"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To shift from side to side."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwaːkən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "quake"
    },
    {
      "word": "quakien"
    },
    {
      "word": "quakiȝen"
    },
    {
      "word": "quaake"
    },
    {
      "word": "qwaken"
    },
    {
      "word": "qwake"
    },
    {
      "word": "qwhake"
    },
    {
      "word": "kwaken"
    },
    {
      "word": "cwakien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "cwakie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quaken"
}

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