wasshen

• wasch, wasche, waschen, waschsche, washe, washen, wasse, wasschen, wasshe, weschen
• (with wai-) waischen, waissche, waisshen, wayschen
• (with unetymological wh-) whasche, whaschen

From Old English wascan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃən/, /ˈwɛi̯ʃən/

wasshen

1. To wash; to clean with liquid:
   1. To immerse or soak in liquid.
   2. (medicine) To clean a wound.
   3. To make a pool of liquid clean.
2. (religion) To cleanse (e.g. from sin or disease).
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:5, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     [⁊ of iheſu criſt] þat is a feiþful witneſſe .· þe firſte bigeten of deed men · ⁊ pꝛynce of kyngis of þe erþe / which louyde vs / ⁊ waiſchide vs fro oure ſynnes in his blood […]

     / who is a reliable witness, the firstborn of the dead, and sovereign over the rulers of the Earth, who loved us and cleansed us from our sins with his blood

3. To make usable by mixing with water.
4. (rare, medicine) To purge or evacuate.
5. (rare, of waves) To wash upon.

• The variation between conjugation as a strong verb of class 6 and one of class 7 is parallel to that seen in waxen.
• Weak forms of this verb are occasional in Middle English.

• English: wash
  • → Swazi: washa
• Scots: wash, wesh

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