owen

See also: Owen

Karao

Interjection

owen

yes

Middle English

Alternative forms

ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen

Etymology

From Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔu̯ən/

Verb

owen

To own, possess, have control over, have authority over
To acquire, to receive ownership of
To owe, ought to give, have a debt towards
To be obliged to give
To respect, love (especially an authority)
To be appropriate, fitting, right for a situation
(auxillary) ought, should, be obliged to, be obligated to

Usage notes

This verb's past forms often have present connotations; this has occurred to such a degree in Modern English that this verb's past tense became a separate verb, ought.

Conjugation

Conjugation of owen (preterite-present or weak in -ed, defective)

infinitive	(to) owen, owe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ough	oughte, owed
2nd-person singular	oughst, oughtest	oughtest, owedest
3rd-person singular	ough, oughteth	oughte, owed
subjunctive singular	owe	oughte, owed
imperative singular	—	—

plural¹	owen, owe	oughten, oughte, oweden, owede
imperative plural	—	—

participles	owynge, owende	owen, owed, ought, yowed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
Scots: aw, awe

References

“ouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.