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Old English · noun

tacn

Normalised tācn

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/tɑːkn/
Syllables
tɑːkn (1 syllable)
Modern English
tokensigncredentialdemonstrationevidenceprognosticattractconveys

Meaning

  1. sign

  2. token, credential

  3. sign of the Zodiac

    Ðǣre sunnan ġēar is ꝥ hēo beyrne þone miċlan ċircul zōdiacum, ⁊ ġecume under ǣlċ þǣra twelf tācna. Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tācna. Ān þǣra tācna ys ġehāten ariēs, ꝥ is ramm; ōðer taurus, ꝥ is fearr; ðridda geminī, ꝥ synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, ꝥ is crabba; fīfta lēo; syxta virgō, ꝥ is mǣden; seofoða lībra, þæt is pund oððe wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, ꝥ is þrōwend

    A year of the sun is when she passes around the Zodiac circle and moves under each of the twelve signs. Each month runs under one of the signs. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is

    c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
  4. a distinguishing mark

  5. a sign to attract attention, signal

  6. a sign of anything future, a prognostic

  7. an action that conveys a meaning

  8. an indication, a mark which shows condition or state

  9. a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence

  10. a supernatural sign, miracle

  11. a signal event, remarkable circumstance

Declension

Declension of tacn
SingularPlural
Nominative tācntācnu
Accusative tācntācnu
Genitive tācnestācna
Dative tācnetācnum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taikn. Cognate with Old Frisian tēken, Old Saxon tēkan, Old High German zeihhan, Old Norse teikn, Gothic (taikns).

Descendants

token

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