thakken
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Etymology
From Old English þaccian, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną.
Verb
thakken
- To strike, to hit
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xliiii, recto, column 2:
- This carter thacked his horſe on yͤ croupe / And they begon to drawe and to ſtoupe
- This carter thwacked is horse on the croup / And they began to draw and to stoop
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) thakken, thakke | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | thakke | thakked | |
| 2nd-person singular | thakkest | thakkedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | thakketh | thakked | |
| subjunctive singular | thakke | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | thakken, thakke | thakkeden, thakkede | |
| imperative plural | thakketh, thakke | — | |
| participles | thakkynge, thakkende | thakked, ythakked | |
Conjugation of thakken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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