different between foreken vs forken

English

Etymology

From fore- +? ken.

Verb

foreken (third-person singular simple present forekens, present participle forekenning, simple past and past participle forekenned or forekent)

1. (transitive) To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.

Noun

foreken (uncountable)

1. Readiness for or anticipation of a perception; foreknowledge; preconception.
   • 1892, Edward Elbridge Salisbury, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Family histories and genealogies:

     But Mr. Marcy, with that foreken which distinguishes statesmen from politicians, saw the coming time when the Pacific Coast population would emerge out of its transient humors, when it would feel the settled purposes of permanent [...]

English

Alternative forms

• forkin

Etymology

From fork +? -en, modelled after strong past participles.

Adjective

forken (comparative more forken, superlative most forken)

1. (archaic) Forked.
   • 1868, Samuel Cuthbert Rogers, Vesper songs:

     For ah! whatever evils lodge with youth, Like caterpillars on the leaves of spring, It of its essence counts the lip of truth, The honest tongue that wears no forken sting, The heart untouched by Care's prevailing […]

   • 1977, American Guild of Organists, Royal Canadian College of Organists, Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, The American organist:

     While an organ with a "forken tongue" may sound loud enough in the church, there is a real loss of clarity.

Danish

Noun

forken c

1. definite singular of fork

Middle English

Etymology 1

From forke +? -en (“infinitival ending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?rk?n/

Verb

forken

1. (intransitive) To fork, split, divide, separate (into distinct sections)
2. (intransitive, anatomical, rare, Late Middle English) To have a point or spike.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: (to) fork

References

• “forken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

Etymology 2

From forke +? -en (“plural ending”).

Noun

forken

1. (Early Middle English) plural of forke