wasshen

• wasch, wasche, waschen, waschsche, washe, washen, wasse, wasschen, wasshe, weschen
• (with wai-) waischen, waissche, waisshen, wayschen
• (with unetymological wh-) whasche, whaschen

From Old English wascan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃən/, /ˈwɛi̯ʃən/

wasshen

1. To wash; to clean with liquid:
   1. To immerse or soak in liquid.
   2. (medicine) To clean a wound.
   3. To make a pool of liquid clean.
2. (religion) To cleanse (e.g. from sin or disease).
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:5, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     [⁊ of iheſu criſt] þat is a feiþful witneſſe .· þe firſte bigeten of deed men · ⁊ pꝛynce of kyngis of þe erþe / which louyde vs / ⁊ waiſchide vs fro oure ſynnes in his blood […]

     [of Jesus Christ,] / who is a reliable witness, the firstborn of the dead, and sovereign over the rulers of the Earth, who loved us and cleansed us from our sins with his blood […]

3. To make usable by mixing with water.
4. (rare, medicine) To purge or evacuate.
5. (rare, of waves) To wash upon.

• The variation between conjugation as a strong verb of class 6 and one of class 7 is parallel to that seen in waxen.
• Weak forms of this verb are occasional in Middle English.

• English: wash
  • → Swazi: washa
• Scots: wash, wesh

• “washen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.