agen
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Variant of again.
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: əgĕn
AdverbEdit
agen (not comparable)
- 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;
- 1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night
PrepositionEdit
agen
- Obsolete spelling of again
AnagramsEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
agen
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “agen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
agen
- Alternative form of awen
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Old French aagier; equivalent to age + -en.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
agen
ConjugationEdit
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 |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “āǧen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.
Old EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Variant of Old English ongēan (“again, eft, back”).
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
aġēn
- 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.
AdverbEdit
aġēn
- 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.
PrefixEdit
aġēn
Derived termsEdit
- 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 2Edit
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).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
āgen
- own
- Godes āgen bearn. ― God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
DeclensionEdit
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
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
agen
- definite singular of ag