Middle English Dictionary Entry

querkenen v.
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Entry Info

Forms querkenen v. Also querkin, querchin; p.ppl. querkenid, querkind & (N) whirkenid.
Etymology Prob. ON: cp. OI kvirkja; also cp. OFris. querka.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
To suffocate (sb.), choke.
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