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
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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 -
to have, keep
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to get, obtain, receive
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to cause to own: to give, to deliver
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should, have to, ought to
Conjugation
agan2 · verb
Senses
-
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.
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to pass (of time)
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to happen
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to vanish, pass away, be lost
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to become known: get out, come out
Conjugation
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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