luckenadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈlək(ə)n/, Scottish English

/ˈlʌk(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English luken (northern); English regional (northern) 1600s– lucken, 1800s– luckin; Scottish pre-1700 luckin, pre-1700 luikin, pre-1700 1900s– lukin, pre-1700 lukkin, pre-1700 lukkyn, pre-1700 lukyne, pre-1700 lwikin, pre-1700 lwkyn, pre-1700 1700s– lucken, 1800s luckan, 1800s luckin, pre-1700 1800s luken.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English lucken , louk v.¹

Etymology: < lucken, variant of the strong past participle of louk v.¹ Compare earlier loken adj.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare.

Drawn, locked, or bound together; closed, clenched; spec. (of a hand, foot, the toes, etc.) webbed. Cf. lucken gowan n.In quot. a1400 figurative: hidden, secret.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut

lokenOE

yclosed1377

luckena1400

speareda1400

closec1400

shut1474

yschutte?a1475

parrocked?1510

closed1526

folded1570

occluse1601

shut-up1614

steeked1709

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4276 (MED) Luken [Gött. Priue] luue at þe end wil kith.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2812 in Poems (1981) 104 ‘With my twa feit,’ quod scho, ‘lukkin and braid, In steid off airis, I row the streme full styll.’

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. x. 469 Mine armes being broake, my hands lucken and sticking fast to the palmes of both hands, by reason of the shrunke sinewes.

1720 A. Ramsay Poems 257 Fresh as the lucken Flowers in May.

1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 104 Lucken hands, she ne'er had nane To man or beast.

1882 J. F. S. Gordon Shaw's Hist. Moray III. 180 Tam Gordon o' Riven (who had ‘a lucken han'’, i.e., webbed, having the fingers joined like the toes of a duck or goose).

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 204 Thae cabbitch is no lucken.

1948 E. Radford & M. A. Radford Encycl. Superstitions 241/1 To have lucken toes, will give you luck all your life.—Scotland. Lucken toes are toes joined by a web, or film.

Compounds

lucken-browed adj. having eyebrows which join or nearly meet in the middle.

ΚΠ

1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 73 Thou lucken-brow'd Trull.

a1899 V. S. Lean Collectanea (1903) II. 193 In Lothian, Yorkshire, and elsewhere, it is reckoned a good omen to meet a ‘lucken-browed’ person whose eyebrows meet.

1932 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Scots Unbound 20 Licht lifts the world's fax. The lucken-browed bront O' Scotland's on't.

† luckenfooted adj. Obsolete rare having webbed feet.

ΚΠ

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 46 Turtur Maritimus Insulæ Bass...is Palmipes, that's Luckenfooted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† luckenv.¹

Forms: pre-1700 lukkin, pre-1700 lukkyn, pre-1700 luknit (past participle), pre-1700 luknyt (past participle), pre-1700 lukyn, 1700s luckned (past participle), 1800s lucken.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: lucken adj.

Etymology: Apparently < lucken adj.

Scottish. Obsolete.

1. transitive. To lock, to make secure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)]

beloukeOE

tinea900

bitunc1000

forshutc1000

sparc1175

louka1225

bisteke?c1225

spear?c1225

closec1275

knita1398

fastena1400

upclosec1440

to shut up1526

reclude1550

upspeara1563

lucken1568

to make up1582

hatcha1586

belocka1616

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) x. 35 Baith o^r hartis ar ane, luknyt in luvis chene.

1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xvi. 14 The Lord himsel's the fow o' my ha'din an' my caup; my luck yerlane hae lucken'd.

2. transitive. To draw or gather together.

ΚΠ

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 388 Haddoche prepairit him self noblie for death, and causit mak ane syd Holland cloth sark, luknit at the heid for his winding scheit.

1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 173 While anger lucken'd his dark brows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† luckenv.²

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: luck n., luck v., -en suffix⁵.

Etymology: Apparently < either luck n. or luck v. + -en suffix⁵, perhaps after happen v.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To chance, happen; = luck v. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)]

fallc1175

hapa1393

luckc1438

happenc1450

chance1536

to chop upon1555

hazard1575

alight1591

chop1652

lucken1674

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge iv. 56 Which shall be likewise set down in somewhat a mingled way, as they may lucken most readily to come into mind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

adj.a1400

v.¹1568

v.²1674

单词	lucken
释义	luckenadj. Brit. /ˈlʌk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈlək(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈlʌk(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English luken (northern); English regional (northern) 1600s– lucken, 1800s– luckin; Scottish pre-1700 luckin, pre-1700 luikin, pre-1700 1900s– lukin, pre-1700 lukkin, pre-1700 lukkyn, pre-1700 lukyne, pre-1700 lwikin, pre-1700 lwkyn, pre-1700 1700s– lucken, 1800s luckan, 1800s luckin, pre-1700 1800s luken. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English lucken , louk v.¹ Etymology: < lucken, variant of the strong past participle of louk v.¹ Compare earlier loken adj. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. Drawn, locked, or bound together; closed, clenched; spec. (of a hand, foot, the toes, etc.) webbed. Cf. lucken gowan n.In quot. a1400 figurative: hidden, secret. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut lokenOE yclosed1377 luckena1400 speareda1400 closec1400 shut1474 yschutte?a1475 parrocked?1510 closed1526 folded1570 occluse1601 shut-up1614 steeked1709 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4276 (MED) Luken [Gött. Priue] luue at þe end wil kith. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2812 in Poems (1981) 104 ‘With my twa feit,’ quod scho, ‘lukkin and braid, In steid off airis, I row the streme full styll.’ 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. x. 469 Mine armes being broake, my hands lucken and sticking fast to the palmes of both hands, by reason of the shrunke sinewes. 1720 A. Ramsay Poems 257 Fresh as the lucken Flowers in May. 1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 104 Lucken hands, she ne'er had nane To man or beast. 1882 J. F. S. Gordon Shaw's Hist. Moray III. 180 Tam Gordon o' Riven (who had ‘a lucken han'’, i.e., webbed, having the fingers joined like the toes of a duck or goose). 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 204 Thae cabbitch is no lucken. 1948 E. Radford & M. A. Radford Encycl. Superstitions 241/1 To have lucken toes, will give you luck all your life.—Scotland. Lucken toes are toes joined by a web, or film. Compounds lucken-browed adj. having eyebrows which join or nearly meet in the middle. ΚΠ 1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 73 Thou lucken-brow'd Trull. a1899 V. S. Lean Collectanea (1903) II. 193 In Lothian, Yorkshire, and elsewhere, it is reckoned a good omen to meet a ‘lucken-browed’ person whose eyebrows meet. 1932 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Scots Unbound 20 Licht lifts the world's fax. The lucken-browed bront O' Scotland's on't. † luckenfooted adj. Obsolete rare having webbed feet. ΚΠ 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 46 Turtur Maritimus Insulæ Bass...is Palmipes, that's Luckenfooted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † luckenv.¹ Forms: pre-1700 lukkin, pre-1700 lukkyn, pre-1700 luknit (past participle), pre-1700 luknyt (past participle), pre-1700 lukyn, 1700s luckned (past participle), 1800s lucken. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: lucken adj. Etymology: Apparently < lucken adj. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To lock, to make secure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] beloukeOE tinea900 bitunc1000 forshutc1000 sparc1175 louka1225 bisteke?c1225 spear?c1225 closec1275 knita1398 fastena1400 upclosec1440 to shut up1526 reclude1550 upspeara1563 lucken1568 to make up1582 hatcha1586 belocka1616 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) x. 35 Baith o^r hartis ar ane, luknyt in luvis chene. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xvi. 14 The Lord himsel's the fow o' my ha'din an' my caup; my luck yerlane hae lucken'd. 2. transitive. To draw or gather together. ΚΠ c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 388 Haddoche prepairit him self noblie for death, and causit mak ane syd Holland cloth sark, luknit at the heid for his winding scheit. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 173 While anger lucken'd his dark brows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † luckenv.² Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: luck n., luck v., -en suffix⁵. Etymology: Apparently < either luck n. or luck v. + -en suffix⁵, perhaps after happen v. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To chance, happen; = luck v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] fallc1175 hapa1393 luckc1438 happenc1450 chance1536 to chop upon1555 hazard1575 alight1591 chop1652 lucken1674 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge iv. 56 Which shall be likewise set down in somewhat a mingled way, as they may lucken most readily to come into mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.a1400v.¹1568v.²1674
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luckenadj.

Compounds

† luckenv.1

† luckenv.2

† luckenv.¹

† luckenv.²