stakeren

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === stagir, staker, stakeryn, stakren, stakur, stakyre === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse stakra (“to push, stagger”), frequentative of staka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstak(ə)rən/, /ˈstaɡ(ə)rən/ === Verb === stakeren (third-person singular simple present stakereth, present participle stakerende, stakerynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stakered) To stagger; to walk unsteadily or erratically. (rare) To stutter; to speak a spasmodic repetition. (rare) To sway or fluctuate. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: stagger Middle Scots: stakker, stagger Scots: stacker, stacher, staucher Yola: stocker ==== References ==== “stakeren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.