threschen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English þrescan, þrexan, from Proto-West Germanic *þreskan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɛʃən/, /ˈθraʃən/

Verb

threschen

  1. To thresh; to separate grain from the chaff.
  2. To thrash, whack or beat; to attack with a blunt weapon.
  3. (rare) To bring into ruin; to destroy.

Conjugation
Conjugation of threschen (strong class 3 or weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) threschen, thresche
present tense past tense
1st-person singular thresche *thrasch, thresched
2nd-person singular threschest throsche, *thrasch, threschedest
3rd-person singular threscheth *thrasch, thresched
subjunctive singular thresche throsche1, thresched1
imperative singular —
plural2 threschen, thresche throschen, throsche, threscheden, threschede
imperative plural threscheth, thresche —
participles threschynge, threschende throschen, throsche, thresched, ythroschen, ythrosche

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: thresh, thrash
  • Scots: thresch, thrash

References
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