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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

  1. 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:
  2. 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
  3. to endow

  4. to impregnate

Conjugation

Conjugation of iecan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular īeċeīehte
2nd singular īeċestīecstīehtest
3rd singular īeċeþīecþīehte
Plural īeċaþīehton
Subjunctive
Singular īeċeīehte
Plural īeċenīehten
Non-finite forms of iecan
Form
Infinitive īeċan
Inflected infinitive īeċenne
Imperative singular īeċ
Imperative plural īeċaþ
Present participle īeċende
Past participle īehtġeīeht

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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