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

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

Descendants

• English: filch
• Scots: filsh

References

• “filchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.