fecchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• facchen, focchen, vecchen, vacchen

Etymology

Inherited from Old English feċċan, probably a contraction of fetian, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną; compare fetten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛt͡ʃən/

Verb

fecchen

1. to fetch

Conjugation

Conjugation of fecchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) fecchen, fecche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fecche	fecched
2nd-person singular	fecchest	fecchedest
3rd-person singular	feccheth	fecched
subjunctive singular	fecche
imperative singular		—
plural1	fecchen, fecche	feccheden, fecchede
imperative plural	feccheth, fecche	—
participles	fecchynge, fecchende	fecched, yfecched

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

Descendants

• English: fetch
• Yola: vetch

References

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