tacen

Old English

Alternative forms

tācn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taikną. Cognate with Old Saxon tēkan (Middle Low German têken), Dutch teken, Old High German zeihhan (German Zeichen), Old Norse teikn, (Danish tegn, Swedish tecken), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːken/

Noun

tācen n (nominative plural tācnu)

sign, omen, token

Declension

Declension of tacen (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tācen	tācnu
accusative	tācen	tācnu
genitive	tācnes	tācna
dative	tācne	tācnum

Derived terms

foretācen

Descendants

Middle English: taken, token
- English: token

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