booke

See also: booké

English

Noun

booke (plural bookes)

1. Archaic spelling of book.
   • 1592, R. G., The Third And Last Part Of Conny-Catching. (1592)‎^[1]:

     TO ALL SVCH AS HAVE receiued either pleasure or profite by the two former published bookes of this Argument: And to all beside, that desire to know the wonderfull slie deuises of this hellish crew of Conny-catchers. ]

   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Massacre at Paris‎^[2]:

     Scene 10: Enter five or sixe Protestants with bookes, and kneele together.

   • 1606, anonymous author, “Sir Gyles Goosecappe”, in A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. III‎^[3]:

     Now in good truth I wood theis bookes were burnd That rapp men from their friends before their time, How does my uncles friend, no other name I need give him, to whom I give my selfe.

Anagrams

• e-book, eBook, ebook

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bookent, bookes

Verb

booke

1. first-person singular present indicative of booker
2. third-person singular present indicative of booker
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of booker
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of booker
5. second-person singular imperative of booker

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• book, boke, boc, bok, buk

Etymology 1

From Old English bōc, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːk/

Noun

booke (plural bookes)

1. book (written document composed of pages)

Related terms

• bochous
• bocstaff
• landbok

Descendants

• English: book (see there for further descendants)
  • Northumbrian: beuk
• Scots: buik, beuk, buke

Etymology 2

From Old English būc.

Noun

booke (plural bookes)

1. Alternative form of bouk

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English book (“verb”)

Verb

booke (imperative book, present tense booker, passive bookes, simple past and past participle booka or booket, present participle bookende)

1. to book (reserve)

References

• “booke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “booke” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English book (“verb”)

Verb

booke (present tense bookar, past tense booka, past participle booka, passive infinitive bookast, present participle bookande, imperative booke/book)

1. to book (reserve)

Alternative forms

• booka

References

• “booke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.