toknen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tācnian, from tācn (“token, sign”); equivalent to token +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

toknen (third-person singular simple present tokneth, present participle toknende, toknynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tokned)

to token (symbolize, designate, portend, indicate)

Alternative forms

tokne, tokni, toknin, tokene, tokenen, tokin, tokine, tokun
taken (Northern)
tacnen, tacnien, tocnen (Early Middle English)

Descendants

English: token
Scots: taiken

References

“tōknen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From token +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

toknen

(Kent) Alternative form of tokenes: plural of token

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