Infinitive
breken; to breken; breke
Participles
| Present | brekynge; brekende |
| Past | breken; broken; broke; ybroken; ybroke |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | breke |
| 2nd sing. | brekest |
| 3rd sing. | breketh |
| 1st plur. | breken; breke; breketh |
| 2nd plur. | breken; breke; breketh |
| 3rd plur. | breken; breke; breketh |
Past
| 1st sing. | brak; brek |
| 2nd sing. | breke; brake; broke |
| 3rd sing. | brak; brek |
| 1st plur. | breken; breke; braken; brake; broken; broke |
| 2nd plur. | breken; breke; braken; brake; broken; broke |
| 3rd plur. | breken; breke; braken; brake; broken; broke |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | breke |
| 2nd sing. | breke |
| 3rd sing. | breke |
Past
| 1st sing. | breke; brake; broke |
| 2nd sing. | breke; brake; broke |
| 3rd sing. | breke; brake; broke |
Imperative
| Singular | breke |
| Plural | breketh; breke |
Verbs conjugated like breken
breken,
Etymology
Inherited from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną. Doublet of brayen (“to break up”). See: Old English '
brecan', Old English '
brecan', Proto-Germanic '
*brekaną'.
Verbs referencing "breken"
English
break.
Sample Sentences
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"he ſchal gou̇ne hem ın an ırẽ ȝerde / ⁊ þei ſchulẽ be bꝛokũ togıdere .· as a veſſel of a pottere (He'll control them with an iron rod, and they'll be broken apart like a potter's vessel.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 2:27, folio 118, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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and þeſe thingis werẽ don .· that the ſcripture ſchulde be fillid / ȝe ſchulen not bꝛeke a boon of hym (These things occurred so Scripture could be fulfilled: "You won't break any of his bones".) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 19:36, folio 55, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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¶ Lucıfer wᵗ legıoũs. lerede hıt ın heuene / He was louelokeſt of sıht. aftur vr loꝛd. / Tıl he bꝛak Boxũnes. þoꝛw boſt of hım seluen ("Lucifer with his legions learned this in heaven; / he was the most pleasing to see after our Lord, / until he broke [his] obedience due to his pride.") [c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 1]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 395, verso, column 2; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:]
Cognates
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