filchen

== Middle English == === Etymology === Probably from Old English fylċian (“to gather troops”), presumably with an intermediate sense of "raid, loot, lay waste to". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilt͡ʃən/ === Verb === filchen (third-person singular simple present filcheth, present participle filchende, filchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle filched) (rare) To seize, clutch, or plunder. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: filch Scots: filsh ==== References ==== “filchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.