agen

English

Etymology

Variant of again.

Pronunciation

• enPR: əgĕn

Adverb

agen (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of again.

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Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Preposition

agēn

1. against, contra

   Se ðe nis agén eów, se is for eów. — Who is not against you, is for you.

   Ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing agén ðé — Thy brother hath ought against thee.

Adverb

agēn

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

agēn

1. again, eft, back

• agēnbewendan to return.
• agēncuman to come back
• agēngecyrran to turn again, recur
• agēngehweorfan to change again, return
• agēnhwyrfan to turn again, return (agen-whirl)
• agēniernan to run against, meet.
• agēnlǣdan to lead back
• agēnsendan to send back
• agēnstandan to stand against, urge, insist upon
• agēnyrnan 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: /aːɣen/

Adjective

agēn

1. own

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

Derived terms

• āgend owner
• āgennama proper name
• āgennes property
• āgenslaga one who commits suicide
• āgenspræc 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