stichen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sticchen, stychyn === Etymology === Inherited from Old English stiċċian (weak class 2), alteration of earlier *stiċċan (weak class 1), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną; equivalent to and remodelled after stiche +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstit͡ʃən/ === Verb === stichen (third-person singular simple present sticheth, present participle stichende, stichynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stiched) To stab or prick (as to hurt) To stitch up; to make stitching. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: stitch Scots: steek ==== References ==== “stichen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.