cacchen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- kacchen, caschen, caicchen, kecchen, kichen
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cachier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃən/
Verb
cacchen
- to catch
Conjugation
Conjugation of cacchen (weak irregular/in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) cacchen, cacche | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | cacche | caughte, cacched | |
| 2nd-person singular | cacchest | caughtest, cacchedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | caccheth | caughte, cacched | |
| subjunctive singular | cacche | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | cacchen, cacche | caughten, caughte, caccheden, cacchede | |
| imperative plural | caccheth, cacche | — | |
| participles | cacchynge, cacchende | caught, cacched, ycaught, ycacched | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: catch
- Yola: kotch
References
- “cacchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.