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Old English · verb

agan

Normalised āgan

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/ˈɑː.ɡɑn/
[ˈɑː.ɣɑn]
Syllables
ˈɑː · ɡɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
owepossessagogonehave toownoughtshould

agan1 · verb

Senses

  1. to own, possess

    wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.

    thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.

    forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
  2. to have, keep

  3. to get, obtain, receive

  4. to cause to own: to give, to deliver

  5. should, have to, ought to

Conjugation

Conjugation of agan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āhāhte
2nd singular āhstāhtest
3rd singular āhāhte
Plural āgonāhton
Subjunctive
Singular āgeāhte
Plural āgenāhten
Non-finite forms of agan
Form
Infinitive āgan
Inflected infinitive āgenne
Imperative singular āge
Imperative plural āgaþ
Present participle āgende
Past participle āgenġeāgen

agan2 · verb

Senses

  1. to go out, (in the past participle) gone

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30

    When she entered her house, she found the girl lying in her bed and the demon gone.

  2. to pass (of time)

  3. to happen

  4. to vanish, pass away, be lost

  5. to become known: get out, come out

Conjugation

Conjugation of agan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āgāāēode
2nd singular āgǣstāēodest
3rd singular āgǣþāēode
Plural āgāþāēodon
Subjunctive
Singular āgāāēode
Plural āgānāēoden
Non-finite forms of agan
Form
Infinitive āgān
Inflected infinitive āgānne
Imperative singular āgā
Imperative plural āgāþ
Present participle āgānde
Past participle āgān

All forms (25)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- + gān.

Descendants

ought, owe, own, ago

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