threschen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• thrasshen, thresche, threshen, thresshen, threschyn, tressyn, þresshe, þreisshe

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

• threschwolde, threscholde
• threschynge
• thresshere

Descendants

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

References

• “threshen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-9.