English

Verb

sken ‎(third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)

1. (Northern English) to squint
   • 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:

     She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.

   • 1861, Edwin Waugh, "The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle":

     He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.

2. to glance

References

1. ↑ “sken”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Old Saxon

Verb

skēn

1. 1st and 3rd person past indicative form of skinan

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

sken n

1. an appearance; guise

   skenet bedrar

   the appearance may fool you

2. a (strong) light

   månens matta sken

   the dim light of the moon

3. bolting

Declension

Related terms

• månsken
• norrsken
• skenbar
• skenmanöver
• skina
• solsken

Verb

sken

1. past tense of skina.