forken

See also: Forken

English

Alternative forms

  • forkin

Etymology

From fork + -en, modelled after strong past participles.

Adjective

forken (comparative more forken, superlative most forken)

  1. (archaic) Forked.
    • 1868, Samuel Cuthbert Rogers, Vesper songs:
      For ah! whatever evils lodge with youth, Like caterpillars on the leaves of spring, It of its essence counts the lip of truth, The honest tongue that wears no forken sting, The heart untouched by Care's prevailing []
    • 1977, American Guild of Organists, Royal Canadian College of Organists, Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, The American organist:
      While an organ with a "forken tongue" may sound loud enough in the church, there is a real loss of clarity.

Danish

Noun

forken c

  1. singular definite of fork

Middle English

Etymology 1

From forke + -en (infinitival ending).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔrkən/

Verb

forken

  1. (intransitive) To fork, split, divide, separate (into distinct sections)
  2. (intransitive, anatomical, rare, Late Middle English) To have a point or spike.
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From forke + -en (plural ending).

Noun

forken

  1. (Early Middle English) plural of forke
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