perishen
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English perishen, equivalent to perish + -en.
Verb
perishen
- (obsolete) plural simple present of perish
- 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie
- And that his parents perishen for want;
- c. 1608 William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, II
- All perishen of man, of pelf,
- Ne aught escapen but himself;
- 1854, William G. T. Barter, The Iliad of Homer, Literally Rendered in Spenserian Stanza. With Preface and Notes
- But dull's thy soul, thy people perishen.
- 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie