cacchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• kacchen, caschen, caicchen, kecchen, kichen

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cachier, variant of Old French chacier, from Late Latin captiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃən/

Verb

cacchen

1. 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
  • → French: catch
  • → Kabuverdianu:
    • → Portuguese: cachir
  • → Spanish: cachar
• Yola: kotch

References

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