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Old English · verb

eacan

Normalised ēacan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑː.kɑn/
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑː · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
ekeenlarge

Meaning

  1. to increase or enlarge

    …ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.

    …but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:

  2. to conceive, become pregnant

Conjugation

Conjugation of eacan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ēaceēoc
2nd singular īecstēoce
3rd singular īecþēoc
Plural ēacaþēocon
Subjunctive
Singular ēaceēoce
Plural ēacenēocen
Non-finite forms of eacan
Form
Infinitive ēacan
Inflected infinitive ēacenne
Imperative singular ēac
Imperative plural ēacaþ
Present participle ēacende
Past participle ēacenġeēacen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Cognate with Old Frisian āka, Old Saxon ōkian, Old Norse auka, Gothic (aukan), Latin augeō, and Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō).

Descendants

eke

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