agen

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See also: Agen, agĕṅ, and -agen

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant of again.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

agen

  1. Obsolete spelling of again

Anagrams[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

agèn (plural agen-agen, first-person possessive agenku, second-person possessive agenmu, third-person possessive agennya)

  1. agent:
    1. (economics, management, trading) one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from them; someone entrusted to do the business of another.
      Synonyms: dalal, penghubung, perantara, wakil jual, bandar, pengedar, pemasok, penyalur
    2. someone who works for an intelligence agency.
    3. (biology, chemistry) an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
      Synonyms: bahan, penyebab
    4. (drama) a person who looks for work for another person.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (biological, chemical): agén (Standard Malay)
  • (person): éjén (Standard Malay)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

agen

  1. Alternative form of awen

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Old French aagier; equivalent to age +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

agen

  1. (usually in the past participle) to become older; to age.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of agen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) agen, age
present tense past tense
1st-person singular age aged
2nd-person singular agest agedest
3rd-person singular ageth aged
subjunctive singular age
imperative singular —
plural1 agen, age ageden, agede
imperative plural ageth, age —
participles agynge, agende aged, yaged

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

Descendants[edit]
  • English: age
  • Scots: age
References[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɑˈjeːn/

Preposition[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

aġēn

  1. again, eft, back
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Literally ‘owned’: originally the past participle of āgan. Corresponding to Old Dutch eigan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡen/, [ˈɑː.ɣen]

Adjective[edit]

āgen

  1. own
    • Godes āgen bearn. ― God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On Auguries"
      Þas twa gesceafta habbað gesceadwisnysse and ælc man hæfð agenne freodom...
      These two creations possess reason, and every man hath his own freedom...
Declension[edit]
  • Note that а̄gen is almost always declined strong.
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[edit]
Derived terms
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Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

agen n (nominative plural āgen)

  1. property, house
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
      se fæder and seo modor mid mycelre blysse gelæhton hyre lic and gelæddon to heora agenum,...
      Her father and her mother, with great joy, took her body, and brought it to their own house,...

Scots[edit]

Adverb[edit]

agen (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of again

References[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

agen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of agir

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

agen

  1. definite singular of ag

Anagrams[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gagen (“cleft, slit”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agen f (plural agennau)

  1. cleft, fissure, gap
  2. slit, slot

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
agen unchanged unchanged hagen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “agen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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