souchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• souche
• schoche (East Anglia); souchy (East Saxon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French soschier, souchier, from Latin suspicārī (“to suspect”). First attested in c. 1330.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːt͡ʃən/

Verb

souchen (third-person singular simple present soucheth, present participle souchende, souchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle souched)

1. (ambitransitive) To suspect; to have suspicion.
2. (transitive, rare) To concoct or invent.

Conjugation

Conjugation of souchen (weak in -ede)

infinitive	(to) souchen, souche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	souche	souched(e)
2nd-person singular	souchest	souchedest
3rd-person singular	soucheth	souched(e)
subjunctive singular	souche
imperative singular		—
plural1	souchen, souche	soucheden, souched(e)
imperative plural	soucheth, souche	—
participles	souchynge, souchende	souched

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

References

• “souchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “souche, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.