hacchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hacche, hetchyn

Etymology

From Old English hæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *hakjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhatʃən/, /ˈhɛtʃən/

Noun

hacchen

1. To hatch; to give birth or lay eggs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hacchen (weak in -ed/irregular)

infinitive	(to) hacchen, hacche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hacche	hacched, haughte
2nd-person singular	hacchest	hacchedest, haughtest
3rd-person singular	haccheth	hacched, haughte
subjunctive singular	hacche
imperative singular		—
plural1	hacchen, hacche	haccheden, hacchede, haughten, haughte
imperative plural	haccheth, hacche	—
participles	hacchynge, hacchende	hacched, haught, yhacched, yhaught

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

Derived terms

• hacchynge

Descendants

• English: hatch

References

• “hacchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.