Old English · verb
iecan
Normalised īeċan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈi͜yː.t͡ʃɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈi͜yː · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- impregnateendowenlarge
Meaning
-
to increase or enlarge
Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.
When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30: -
to add
Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.
These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.
Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric -
to endow
-
to impregnate
Conjugation
All forms (17)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aukijan (“to increase”), equivalent to ēaca + -an. Related to Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to increase”) and Latin augeō.
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