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Old English · adjective

agen

Normalised āgen

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɑː.ɡen/
[ˈɑː.ɣen]
Syllables
ˈɑː · ɡen (2 syllables)
Modern English
ownagainstpropertycontraeftagainanewto

agen1 · adjective

Senses

  1. own

    Godes āgen bearn. ― God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

Declension

Strong declension of agen
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative āgenāgenuāgnuāgenoāgnoāgen
Accusative āgenneāgeneāgneāgen
Genitive āgenesāgnesāgenreāgenesāgnes
Dative āgenumāgnumāgenreāgenumāgnum
Instrumental āgeneāgneāgenreāgeneāgne
Plural
Nominative āgeneāgneāgenaāgnaāgeneāgneāgenuāgnuāgenoāgno
Accusative āgeneāgneāgenaāgnaāgeneāgneāgenuāgnuāgenoāgno
Genitive āgenraāgenraāgenra
Dative āgenumāgnumāgenumāgnumāgenumāgnum
Instrumental āgenumāgnumāgenumāgnumāgenumāgnum
Weak declension of agen
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative āgenaāgnaāgeneāgneāgeneāgne
Accusative āgenanāgnanāgenanāgnanāgeneāgne
Genitive āgenanāgnanāgenanāgnanāgenanāgnan
Dative āgenanāgnanāgenanāgnanāgenanāgnan
Instrumental āgenanāgnanāgenanāgnanāgenanāgnan
Plural
Nominative āgenanāgnanāgenanāgnanāgenanāgnan
Accusative āgenanāgnanāgenanāgnanāgenanāgnan
Genitive āgenraāgenenaāgnenaāgenraāgenenaāgnenaāgenraāgenenaāgnena
Dative āgenumāgnumāgenumāgnumāgenumāgnum
Instrumental āgenumāgnumāgenumāgnumāgenumāgnum

agen2 · adverb

Senses

  1. again, anew

    Þe þē slihþ on þīn gewenge, wend ōðer aġēn.

    Who strikes thee on thine cheek, offer also the other.

  2. back

agen3 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. property, house

    se fæder and seo modor mid mycelre blysse gelæhton hyre lic and gelæddon to heora agenum,...

    Her father and her mother, with great joy, took her body, and brought it to their own house,...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

agen4 · prefix

Senses

  1. again, eft, back

agen5 · preposition

Senses

  1. against, contra

    Se þe nis aġēn ēow, se is for ēow.

    Who is not against you, is for you.

  2. towards, to

agen6 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. plural present subjunctive of āgan

  2. Inflected form of āgan

All forms (20)

Etymology

Literally ‘owned’: originally the past participle of āgan. Corresponding to Old Dutch eigan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).

Variant of Old English onġēan (“again, eft, back”).

Descendants

own

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