"yoken" meaning in Middle English

See yoken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈjɔːkən/, /ˈjɒːkən/, /ˈjɔkən/
Etymology: From Old English geocian, from Proto-West Germanic *jukōn, from Proto-Germanic *jukōną; equivalent to yok + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|geocian}} Old English geocian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*jukōn}} Proto-West Germanic *jukōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*jukōną}} Proto-Germanic *jukōną, {{af|enm|yok|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} yok + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} yoken, {{enm-verb|stem=yok}} yoken (third-person singular simple present yoketh, present participle yokende, yokynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yoked) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|yok}} Forms: yoketh [present, singular, third-person], yokende [participle, present], yokynge [participle, present], yoked [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], yoken [infinitive], to yoken [infinitive], yoke [infinitive], yoke [first-person, present, singular], yoked [first-person, past, singular], yokest [present, second-person, singular], yokedest [past, second-person, singular], yoketh [present, singular, third-person], yoked [past, singular, third-person], yoke [present, singular, subjunctive], yoked [past, singular, subjunctive], yoke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], yoken [plural, present], yoke [plural, present], yokeden [past, plural], yokede [past, plural], yoketh [imperative, plural, present], yoke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], yokynge [participle, present], yokende [participle, present], yoked [participle, past], yyoked [participle, past]
  1. To yoke; to connect an animal or animals to a yoke or [[harness].
    Sense id: en-yoken-enm-verb-FK1RMFF- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 25 36 7
  2. (rare) To irrevocably choose a life path. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-yoken-enm-verb-7qDdOdiB Disambiguation of Agriculture: 37 54 9 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 25 36 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 14 29 41 16
  3. (rare, figurative) To draw one's arms together. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-yoken-enm-verb-amdLE2II
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ȝeokyn, ȝoke, ȝoken, ȝokke, jockyn, yoke

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Old English geocian, from Proto-West Germanic *jukōn, from Proto-Germanic *jukōną; equivalent to yok + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "yoketh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yokynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yoken",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to yoken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yoketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yyoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
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        "To yoke; to connect an animal or animals to a yoke or [[harness]."
      ],
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        [
          "yoke",
          "yoke"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "orig": "enm:Agriculture",
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            "Applied sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To irrevocably choose a life path."
      ],
      "id": "en-yoken-enm-verb-7qDdOdiB",
      "links": [
        [
          "irrevocably",
          "irrevocably"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "life path",
          "life path"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To irrevocably choose a life path."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw one's arms together."
      ],
      "id": "en-yoken-enm-verb-amdLE2II",
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, figurative) To draw one's arms together."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɔːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɒːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɔkən/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ȝeokyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ȝoke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ȝoken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ȝokke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jockyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "yoke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yoken"
}
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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "From Old English geocian, from Proto-West Germanic *jukōn, from Proto-Germanic *jukōną; equivalent to yok + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yoketh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to yoken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoketh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yokende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yyoked",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "yoken",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "yok"
      },
      "expansion": "yoken (third-person singular simple present yoketh, present participle yokende, yokynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yoked)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
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        "1": "yok"
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To yoke; to connect an animal or animals to a yoke or [[harness]."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yoke",
          "yoke"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To irrevocably choose a life path."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irrevocably",
          "irrevocably"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "life path",
          "life path"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To irrevocably choose a life path."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw one's arms together."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, figurative) To draw one's arms together."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɔːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɒːkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɔkən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ȝeokyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ȝoke"
    },
    {
      "word": "ȝoken"
    },
    {
      "word": "ȝokke"
    },
    {
      "word": "jockyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "yoke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yoken"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.