thacchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• thakken, thecchen, thetchen

Etymology

From Old English þeċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθat͡ʃən/

Verb

thacchen

1. to thatch

Conjugation

Conjugation of thacchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) thacchen, thacche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	thacche	thacched
2nd-person singular	thacchest	thacchedest
3rd-person singular	thaccheth	thacched
subjunctive singular	thacche
imperative singular		—
plural1	thacchen, thacche	thaccheden, thacchede
imperative plural	thaccheth, thacche	—
participles	thacchynge, thacchende	thacched, ythacched

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

Descendants

• English: thatch
• Yola: detch

References

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