agen

See also: 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 spelling of again

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

agen

  1. Alternative form of awen

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɑˈjeːn/

Preposition

aġēn

  1. against, contra
    Se ðe nis agēn eōw, se is for eōw.
    Who is not against you, is for you.
    Ðín brōðor hæfþ ǣnig þing agēn ðē.
    Thy brother hath ought against thee.

Adverb

aġēn

  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

aġēn

  1. again, eft, back
  • 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 Saxon ēgan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːɡen/, [ˈɑːɣen]

Adjective

āgen

  1. own
    Godes agen bearn.
    God’s own child. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension
Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

agen

  1. definite singular of ag
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