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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
- To thresh; to separate grain from the chaff.
- To thrash, whack or beat; to attack with a blunt weapon.
- (rare) To bring into ruin; to destroy.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) threschen, thresche
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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thresche
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*thrasch, thresched
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| 2nd-person singular
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threschest
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throsche, *thrasch, threschedest
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| 3rd-person singular
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threscheth
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*thrasch, thresched
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| subjunctive singular
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thresche
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throsche1, thresched1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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threschen, thresche
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throschen, throsche, threscheden, threschede
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| imperative plural
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threscheth, thresche
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| participles
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threschynge, threschende
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throschen, throsche, thresched, ythroschen, ythrosche
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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