ricchen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Apparently inherited from Old English *ryċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *rukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną. Compare rokken.

Alternative forms

• riche, ruchchen, ruchen, rycchen, rychen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrit͡ʃən/, /ˈrut͡ʃən/

Verb

ricchen (third-person singular simple present riccheth, present participle ricchende, ricchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle ricched) (poetic)

1. To make (something) ready; to set up.
2. (reflexive) To ready oneself (especially by clothing oneself)
3. To move; to change location.
4. (rare) To (especially emotionally) fix or restore.
5. (rare, equestrianism) To tug on a rein.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ricchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) ricchen
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ricche	ricched
2nd-person singular	ricchest	ricchedest
3rd-person singular	riccheth	ricched
subjunctive singular	ricche
imperative singular		—
plural1	ricchen, ricche	riccheden, ricchede
imperative plural	riccheth, ricche	—
participles	ricchynge, ricchende	ricched, yricched

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

References

• “richen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

ricchen

1. Alternative form of richen