agan

See also: Agan, agán, aĝan, ağan, ägan, and -agán

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (short form) gàn
• (after certain words) -'gan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæɡən/

Determiner

agan

1. our

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡɑn/, [ˈɑːɣɑn]

Verb

āgan

1. to own, to possess, to have

   Ah him lifes geweald. He has power over life. (Legend of St Andrew)

2. to cause to own: to give, to deliver

Conjugation

Conjugation of āgan (preterite-present)

infinitive	āgan	tō āganne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	āh	āhte
2nd-person singular	āhst	āhtest
3rd-person singular	āh	āhte
plural	āgon	āhton
subjunctive	present	past
singular	āge	āhte
plural	āgen	āhten
imperative
singular	āht
plural	āhtaþ
participle	present	past
	āgende	(ġe)āgen

Descendants

• English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)

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Swedish

Noun

agan

1. definite singular of aga