ricchen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Apparently inherited from Old English *ryċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *rukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną. Compare rokken.

Alternative forms

riche, ruchchen, ruchen, rycchen, rychen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrit͡ʃən/, /ˈrut͡ʃən/

Verb

ricchen (third-person singular simple present riccheth, present participle ricchende, ricchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle ricched) (poetic)

To make (something) ready; to set up.
(reflexive) To ready oneself (especially by clothing oneself)
To move; to change location.
(rare) To (especially emotionally) fix or restore.
(rare, equestrianism) To tug on a rein.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ricchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) ricchen
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ricche	ricched
2nd-person singular	ricchest	ricchedest
3rd-person singular	riccheth	ricched
subjunctive singular	ricche	ricched
imperative singular	ricche	—

plural¹	ricchen, ricche	riccheden, ricchede
imperative plural	riccheth, ricche	—

participles	ricchynge, ricchende	ricched, yricched

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

“richen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Verb

ricchen

Alternative form of richen

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