weyken
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom weyk + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare woken and Old English wǣcan.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editweyken
- To make tired or exhausted; to overexert.
- (rare) To become weakened or tired.
- (rare) To make or become weak or powerless.
Conjugation
editConjugation of weyken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “weiken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-26.