ȝoken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ȝoke, yoke, ȝokke, jockyn, ȝeokyn, yoken

Etymology

From Old English geocian; equivalent to ȝok +‎ -en (“infinitival suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔːkən/, /ˈjɔkən/

Verb

ȝoken

1. To connect an animal with a yoke.
2. To connect two animals together with a yoke.
3. To connect an animal or animal to a harness.
4. (rare) To connect oneself to a lifepath.
5. (rare) To affix something to something else.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ȝoken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) ȝoken, ȝoke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ȝoke	ȝoked
2nd-person singular	ȝokest	ȝokedest
3rd-person singular	ȝoketh	ȝoked
subjunctive singular	ȝoke
imperative singular		—
plural1	ȝoken, ȝoke	ȝokeden, ȝokede
imperative plural	ȝoketh, ȝoke	—
participles	ȝokynge, ȝokende	ȝoked, yȝoked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: yoke
• Scots: yoke

References

• “yōken (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.