filchen

Middle English

Etymology

Probably from Old English fylċian (“to gather troops”), presumably with an intermediate sense of "raid, loot, lay waste to".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilt͡ʃən/

Verb

filchen (third-person singular simple present filcheth, present participle filchende, filchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle filched)

  1. (rare) To seize, clutch, or plunder.

Conjugation

Conjugation of filchen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) filchen, filche
present tense past tense
1st-person singular filche filched
2nd-person singular filchest filchedest
3rd-person singular filcheth filched
subjunctive singular filche
imperative singular —
plural1 filchen, filche filcheden, filchede
imperative plural filcheth, filche —
participles filchynge, filchende filched, yfilched

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: filch
  • Scots: filsh

References

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