äga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aga"

Swedish edit

aͤga (obsolete typography)
ega (obsolete)
In the 6th edition of SAOL (1889), when jern changed to järn, Ega was still spelled with e with the final remark "Skrifves äfven Äga o.s.v." Some derived words never changed, like egen (“own”), egendom (“property”), egentlig (“proper”).

äga c

Ägo in the phrase i någons ägo is an archaic dative form of this noun. The similar-looking archaic genitive form ägo is also the basis for compounds.

äga (present äger, preterite ägde, supine ägt, imperative äg)

to own
- Karlskrönikan, quoted in 1913, Carl Grimberg, Svenska folkets underbara öden, I. Forntiden och medeltiden intill 1521, page 438
  […] De togo dem från vad de åtte
  och kastade över bord vem de förmådde. […]
  […] They took from them what they owned
  and threw overboard whoever they could. […]
(Internet slang) to own, to pwn
Fan vad ägd du blev
You got totally owned

Synonym: ega

The past tense åtte is heavily archaic and will likely not be understood by most speakers.
Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Conjugation of äga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	äga		ägas
Supine	ägt		ägts
Imperative	äg		—
Imper. plural¹	ägen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	äger	ägde, åtte	ägs, äges	ägdes, åttes
Ind. plural¹	äga	ägde, åtte	ägas	ägdes, åttes
Subjunctive²	äge	ägde, åtte	äges	ägdes, åttes
	Participles
Present participle	ägande
Past participle	ägd
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.