Middle English Dictionary Entry
brokken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | brokken v. |
| Etymology | Cp. brō̆k n.(4). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?To complain.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)103/131 : Þat [read: Wat] helpþ hyt þe crokke..Aȝe þe crokkere to brokke: 'Wy madest þou me so?'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3377 : He syngeth brokkyng [Hrl 7333: and brockeþe] as a nyghtyngale.