Old English · verb

agnian

Normalised āgnian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈɑːɡ.ni.ɑn/
[ˈɑːɣ.ni.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈɑːɡ · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: claim

Meaning

to claim possession
to take possession, to appropriate

Hu miht ðū, ðonne, ðē āgnian heora gōd? ― How then can you appropriate their good to yourself? (Alfred’s de Consolatione Philosophae)
to possess

Conjugation

Conjugation of agnian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	āgniġe	āgnode
2nd singular	āgnast	āgnodest
3rd singular	āgnaþ	āgnode
Plural	āgniaþ	āgnodon
Subjunctive
Singular	āgniġe	āgnode
Plural	āgniġen	āgnoden

Non-finite forms of agnian
	Form
Infinitive	āgnian
Inflected infinitive	āgnienne
Imperative singular	āgna
Imperative plural	āgniaþ
Present participle	āgniende
Past participle	āgnod ġeāgnod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiganōn, *aiginōn, from Proto-Germanic *aiginōną (“to take possession of, own”), equivalent to āgen (“own”) + -ian. Cognate with Old High German eiganen (“to appropriate, own”), Old Norse eigna (“to acquire, own”), Gothic * (*aiginōn) (in (gaaiginōn, “to own”)).

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