Old English · verb

þerscan

Normalised þersċan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈθer.ʃɑn/
[ˈθerˠ.ʃɑn]
Syllables: ˈθer · ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: thresh thrash

Meaning

to thresh

Conjugation

Conjugation of þerscan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	þersċe	þærsċ
2nd singular	þirsċst	þursċe
3rd singular	þirsċþ	þærsċ
Plural	þersċaþ	þursċon
Subjunctive
Singular	þersċe	þursċe
Plural	þersċen	þursċen

Non-finite forms of þerscan
	Form
Infinitive	þersċan
Inflected infinitive	þersċenne
Imperative singular	þersċ
Imperative plural	þersċaþ
Present participle	þersċende
Past participle	þorsċen ġeþorsċen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, whence also Old High German dreskan (German dreschen), Dutch dorsen, Old Norse þreskja (Danish tærske), Gothic (þriskan). Liquid metathesis had occurred in this verb. However, it was its unmetathesized form that survived into modern English.

Descendants

thrash, thresh

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