agen

See also: Agen, agĕṅ, and -agen

English

Etymology

Variant of again.

Pronunciation

• enPR: əgĕn

Adverb

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

agen

1. (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative spelling of again: against.
   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 67:

     Mrs Dibble was resentful and peevish at having been trounced into employing old Peter. "You ought to pay that yourself, having took him on agen my wishes."

Anagrams

• Agne, Ange, Egan, Gean, Gena, gean, gena, nega-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɛn/ [ˈa.ɡɛn]
• Rhymes: -aɡɛn
• Syllabification: a‧gen

Noun

agèn (plural agen-agen)

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. (espionage) 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
   5. (linguistics, grammar) the participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation

      Synonym: pelaku

Alternative forms

• agens (biology, linguistics, grammar)
• agén (biology, chemistry, Standard Malay)
• éjén (person, Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• keagenan
• mengageni

• agen aerasi
• agen anabolik
• agen asuransi
• agen bebas
• agen buku
• agen elektronik
• agen federal
• agen ganda
• agen kargo
• agen kemoterapi
• agen klaim
• agen muatan
• agen mutagen
• agen pabrik
• agen pelawatan
• agen pemain
• agen pembaruan
• agen pembasah
• agen pembayar
• agen pembayaran pembantu
• agen pembelian
• agen pemoliploid
• agen pengarang
• agen pengelat
• agen pengemulsi
• agen pengguna
• agen penjamin
• agen penjualan
• agen penyalur
• agen perawat
• agen perjalanan
• agen perjalanan wisata
• agen polisi
• agen properti
• agen publisitas
• agen rahasia
• agen resmi
• agen siasat
• agen sitotastik
• agen tiket
• agen tunggal
• agen tunggal pemegang merek
• agen utama pembayaran
• agen wol

Further reading

• “agen”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

agen

1. alternative form of awen

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːd͡ʒən/

Verb

agen

1. (usually in the past participle) to become older; to age.

Conjugation

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

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

Descendants

• English: age
• Scots: age

References

• “āǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 January 2019.

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈjeːn/

Preposition

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

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

aġēn

1. again, eft, back

Derived terms

• 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 2

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡen/, [ˈɑː.ɣen]

Adjective

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...

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.

     Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.

Declension

• 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

• āgend (“owner”)
• āgennama (“proper name”)
• āgennes (“property”)
• āgenslaga (“one who commits suicide”)
• āgenspræċ (“one's own tongue, an idiom, the peculiarity of a language, idioma”)
• āgenung (“owner”)

Related terms

• āgnian
• āgan

Descendants

• Middle English: aghen, oghn, aȝen, oȝen, awen, owen
  • English: own
  • Scots: awn, ain

Noun

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

Adverb

agen (not comparable)

1. alternative form of again

References

• “agen, adv., prep., conj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Spanish

Verb

agen

1. third-person plural present indicative of agir

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English again.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡeŋ/, /aɡen/, [a̠ɟɪ̞̃ŋ], [ɑ̟je̝ŋ]

Adverb

agen

1. again

Swedish

Noun

agen

1. definite singular of ag

Anagrams

• Agne, ange, egna, gena

Welsh

Etymology

From gagen (“cleft, slit”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)ɡɛn/

Noun

agen f (plural agennau)

1. cleft, fissure

   Synonyms: rhaniad, hollt, crac

2. gap, slit, slot

   Synonyms: bwlch, adwy, rhych

Derived terms

• agen tagell (“gill slit”)
• agendor (“chasm, gulf”)
• agennog, agennol (“cleft”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of agen

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
agen	unchanged	unchanged	hagen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “agen”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
• 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