stichen

See also: Stichen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sticchen, stychyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old English stiċċian (weak class 2), alteration of earlier *stiċċan (weak class 1), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną; equivalent to and remodelled after stiche +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstit͡ʃən/

Verb

stichen (third-person singular simple present sticheth, present participle stichende, stichynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stiched)

1. To stab or prick (as to hurt)
2. To stitch up; to make stitching.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stichen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) stichen
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	stiche	stiched
2nd-person singular	stichest	stichedest
3rd-person singular	sticheth	stiched
subjunctive singular	stiche
imperative singular		—
plural1	stichen, stiche	sticheden, stichede
imperative plural	sticheth, stiche	—
participles	stichynge, stichende	stiched, ystiched

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

Descendants

• English: stitch
• Scots: steek

References

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