threschen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old English þrescan, þrexan, from Proto-West Germanic *þreskan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈθrɛʃən/, /ˈθraʃən/

    Verb

    threschen

    1. To thresh; to separate grain from the chaff.
    2. To thrash, whack or beat; to attack with a blunt weapon.
    3. (rare) To bring into ruin; to destroy.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of threschen (strong class 3 or weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) threschen, thresche
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular thresche *thrasch, thresched
    2nd-person singular threschest throsche, *thrasch, threschedest
    3rd-person singular threscheth *thrasch, thresched
    subjunctive singular thresche throsche1, thresched1
    imperative singular —
    plural2 threschen, thresche throschen, throsche, threscheden, threschede
    imperative plural threscheth, thresche —
    participles threschynge, threschende throschen, throsche, thresched, ythroschen, ythrosche

    1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
    2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: thresh, thrash
    • Scots: thresch, thrash

    References

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