eschaungen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• echaungen

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaungier (continental Old French eschangier), from Late Latin *excambiāre; equivalent to eschaunge (“exchange”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈt͡ʃau̯nd͡ʒən/, /ɛsˈt͡ʃaːnd͡ʒən/

Verb

eschaungen (third-person singular simple present eschaungeth, present participle eschaungende, eschaungynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle eschaunged) (Late Middle English, rare)

1. To exchange or swap.
2. To change; to become or make different.

Conjugation

Conjugation of eschaungen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) eschaungen
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	eschaunge	eschaunged
2nd-person singular	eschaungest	eschaungedest
3rd-person singular	eschaungeth	eschaunged
subjunctive singular	eschaunge
imperative singular		—
plural1	eschaungen, eschaunge	eschaungeden, eschaungede
imperative plural	eschaungeth, eschaunge	—
participles	eschaungynge, eschaungende	eschaunged

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

Descendants

• English: exchange

References

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