Middle English Dictionary Entry

fecchen v.
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Entry Info

Forms fecchen v. Also facchen, focchen, vecchen, vacchen. Forms: p. fæhte (early), fecched, facchet, focchet, feightit; ppl. fecched, focched.
Etymology OE ge-)feccean (var. of fetian); p. ge-)fette, -fetede; ppl. ge-)fett, -fætt, -fetod; cp. OE fatian. In ME the newly formed fecched is still uncommon, fette being the usual past tense form both of fecchen and of fetten, q.v.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
To go after, get, and return with (someone, something) to a person or place; to get and bring back; to fetch; [quot.: c1330] to find and report back (news); -- (a) simply; (b) gon (faren, wenden) and fecchen; gon to fecchen; gon fecchen.
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2.
(a) To come for, get, and take away (someone, something); comen to fecchen; (b) to take away surreptitiously; to steal; (c) to carry off to death, kill; fecchen to the dethe.
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3.
(a) fecchen forth, to bring (someone, something) before another's view or into a person's presence; (b) fecchen in, to take in (a person) for succour.
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4.
(a) To seek to get (something), search after, look for; (b) to seek and get (something), procure, obtain, attain to; ~ evidence, collect evidence, obtain proof; ~ leve, ask for or take leave; ~ deth, catch (one's) death, die;?~ fer, catch fear, become frightened.
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5.
(a) fecchen a strok, ~ bur, to get set for a blow; strike (somebody); (b) fecchen fir, to pay a short visit (lit., to fetch fire, get a brand).
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