fylcian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to (ġe)fylċe +‎ -ian; either a new formation from these bases, a loan from Old Norse fylkja, or a modification of earlier fylċan, from Proto-West Germanic *fulkijan (compare Old High German fulken).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfyl.t͡ʃi.ɑn/, [ˈfyɫ.t͡ʃi.ɑn]

Verb

fylċian

  1. (rare, Late Old English) to arrange troops

Conjugation
Conjugation of fylċian (weak class 2)
infinitive fylċian fylċienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular fylċiġe fylċode
second person singular fylċast fylċodest
third person singular fylċaþ fylċode
plural fylċiaþ fylċodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular fylċiġe fylċode
plural fylċiġen fylċoden
imperative
singular fylċa
plural fylċiaþ
participle present past
fylċiende (ġe)fylċod

Descendants
  • >? Middle English: filchen (“to plunder”) (derivation likely, through an intermediary sense of "marshal troops" > "raid, ransack" > "plunder")
    • English: filch
    • Scots: filsh
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