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)

(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	filched
imperative singular	filche	—

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.