agen

See also: agĕṅ and -agen

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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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡɛn/
• Hyphenation: a‧gèn

Noun

agen

1. agent

Derived terms

• keagenan
• mengageni

 

Further reading

• “agen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From awe +‎ -en.

Verb

agen

1. Alternative form of awen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French aagier; equivalent to age +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdʒən/

Verb

agen

1. (usually in the past participle) to become older; to age.

Conjugation

Conjugation of agen (weak)

infinitive	(to) agen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	age	agede
2nd person singular	agest	agedest
3rd person singular	ageþ, ageth	agede
plural	agen	ageden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	age	agede
plural	agen	ageden
imperative	present
singular	age
plural	ageþ, ageth
participle	present	past
	agende, aginge	aged, yaged

Descendants

• English: age
• Scots: age

References

• “āǧen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.

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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 þe nis aġēn ēow, se is for ēow.

   Who is not against you, is for you.

   Þīn brōðor hæfþ ǣnig þing aġēn þē.

   Thy brother hath ought against thee.

Adverb

aġēn

1. again, anew

   Þe þē slihþ on þīn gewenge, wend ōðer aġēn.

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

   Þā wende hē on scype aġēn.

   Then he went into the ship again.

Prefix

aġēn

1. again, eft, back

Derived terms

• 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): /ˈɑː.ɡen/, [ˈɑː.ɣen]

Adjective

āgen

1. own

   Godes āgen bearn. ― God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

Declension

Declension of āgen — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āgen	āgenu, āgnu, āgeno, āgno	āgen
Accusative	āgenne	āgene, āgne	āgen
Genitive	āgenes, āgnes	āgenre	āgenes, āgnes
Dative	āgenum, āgnum	āgenre	āgenum, āgnum
Instrumental	āgene, āgne	āgenre	āgene, āgne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āgene, āgne	āgena, āgna, āgene, āgne	āgenu, āgnu, āgeno, āgno
Accusative	āgene, āgne	āgena, āgna, āgene, āgne	āgenu, āgnu, āgeno, āgno
Genitive	āgenra	āgenra	āgenra
Dative	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum
Instrumental	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum

Declension of āgen — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āgena, āgna	āgene, āgne	āgene, āgne
Accusative	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan	āgene, āgne
Genitive	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan
Dative	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan
Instrumental	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan
Accusative	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan	āgenan, āgnan
Genitive	āgenra, āgenena, āgnena	āgenra, āgenena, āgnena	āgenra, āgenena, āgnena
Dative	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum
Instrumental	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum	āgenum, āgnum

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

Anagrams

• Agne, ange, egna, gena