croken

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn; equivalent to crok +‎ -en (infinitival suffix), ultimately from Old English *crōc (crook, hook).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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croken

  1. To be bent; to curve:
    1. To twist; to curve multiple times.
    2. (of the body) To become crippled or distorted.
  2. To make bent; to crook:
    1. To bow or genuflect.
    2. (of the body, rare) To cripple; to disfigure.
  3. To religiously err; to fall into sin.
  4. To cause to fall into sin.
  5. (rare) To discuss misleadingly.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: crook
  • Scots: cruik
  • Yola: curk

References

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