Middle English Dictionary Entry
weiknen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | weiknen v. P. waikned. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. Norw. dial veikna & OSwed. vikna, Swed. vekna to become weak; also cp. ME weik adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. weiken v., wokenen v.
1.
To become feeble or deranged.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1422 : Wyne…warmed his hert And breyþed uppe into his brayn and blemyst his mynde, And al waykned his wyt, & wel neȝe he foles.