agen

See also: agĕṅ and -agen

Contents

English

Etymology

Variant of again.

Pronunciation

• enPR: əgĕn

Adverb

agen (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of again
   • 1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night

     O, how I long to be agen

     That poor and independent man,

     With labour's lot from morn to night

     And books to read at candle light;

Preposition

agen

1. Obsolete spelling of again

Anagrams

• Ange, Egan, Gean, Gena, gean, gena, nega-

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Middle English

Verb

agen

1. Alternative form of awen

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Old English

Etymology 1

Variant of Old English ongēan (“again, eft, back”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈjeːn/

Preposition

aġēn

1. against, contra

   Se ðe nis agēn eōw, se is for eōw.

   Who is not against you, is for you.

   Ðín brōðor hæfþ ǣnig þing agēn ðē.

   Thy brother hath ought against thee.

Adverb

aġēn

1. again, anew

   Ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge, wend óðer agén.

   Who strikes thee on thine cheek, offer also the other.

   Ðá wende he on scype agén.

   Then he went into the ship again.

Prefix

aġēn

1. again, eft, back

• aġēnbewendan to return.
• aġēncuman to come back
• aġēnġecyrran to turn again, recur
• aġēnġehweorfan to change again, return
• agēnhwyrfan to turn again, return (agen-whirl)
• aġēniernan to run against, meet.
• aġēnlǣdan to lead back
• aġēnsendan to send back
• aġēnstandan to stand against, urge, insist upon
• aġēnyrnan to run into, meet with, meet

Etymology 2

Literally ‘owned’: originally the past participle of āgan. Corresponding to Old Saxon ēgan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡen/, [ˈɑːɣen]

Adjective

āgen

1. own

   Godes agen bearn.

   God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

Declension

Declension of agen — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āgen	āg(e)nu	āgen
Accusative	āgenne	āg(e)ne	āgen
Genitive	āg(e)nes	āgenre	āg(e)nes
Dative	āg(e)num	āgenre	āg(e)num
Instrumental	āg(e)ne	āgenre	āg(e)ne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āg(e)ne	āg(e)na, -e	āg(e)nu
Accusative	āg(e)ne	āg(e)na, -e	āg(e)nu
Genitive	āgenra	āgenra	āgenra
Dative	āg(e)num	āg(e)num	āg(e)num
Instrumental	āg(e)num	āg(e)num	āg(e)num

Declension of agen — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āg(e)na	āg(e)ne	āg(e)ne
Accusative	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan	āg(e)ne
Genitive	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan
Dative	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan
Instrumental	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan
Accusative	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan	āg(e)nan
Genitive	āgenra, āg(e)nena	āgenra, āg(e)nena	āgenra, āg(e)nena
Dative	āg(e)num	āg(e)num	āg(e)num
Instrumental	āg(e)num	āg(e)num	āg(e)num

Derived terms

Derived terms

• āgend owner
• āgennama proper name
• āgennes property

• āgenslaga one who commits suicide
• āgenspræċ one's own tongue, an idiom, the peculiarity of a language, idioma
• āgenung owner

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Swedish

Noun

agen

1. definite singular of ag