Middle English Dictionary Entry
lukken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lukken v. |
| Etymology | Cp. MDu. lucken & ME luk . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To happen, chance; also, happen fortunately; hit lukked hem, they chanced (to do sth.); and hit lukke, if Fortune smiles.
Associated quotations
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)234/21 : On Corpus Cristi Euyn it lukkyd hem to comyn to a lityl ostage fer fro any towne.
- ?a1500 Looke out here (Cole)p.225 : And it lukke, thou shalt have swappes; Therefore I rede keepe the at Home.