touchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • towchen, tochen

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin *tuccō, from Frankish *tukkōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtut͡ʃən/

Verb

touchen (third-person singular simple present toucheth, present participle touchende, touchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle touched)

  1. to touch

Conjugation

Conjugation of touchen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) touchen, touche
present tense past tense
1st-person singular touche touched
2nd-person singular touchest touchedest
3rd-person singular toucheth touched
subjunctive singular touche
imperative singular —
plural1 touchen, touche toucheden, touchede
imperative plural toucheth, touche —
participles touchynge, touchende touched, ytouched

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

Descendants

  • English: touch

References

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