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eácen

  • verb
  • adjective
  • participle
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Grammar
eácen, adj. [pp. of eácan]
Wright's OE grammar
§232; §431;
Increased, great, vast, powerful; auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus
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  • Eácne fuglas

    the teeming fowls,

    • Cd. 98
    • ;
    • Th. 130,
    • 12;
    • Gen. 2158
    • .
  • Se wæs æðele and eácen

    who was noble and vigorous,

    • Beo. Th. 398
    • ;
    • B. 198: Exon. 10 b
    • ;
    • Th. 13,
    • 20;
    • Cri. 205
    • .
  • Eald sweord eácen

    an old, powerful sword,

    • Beo. Th. 3330
    • ;
    • B. 1663: 4286
    • ;
    • B. 2140
    • .
  • Eácne eardas

    the vast dwellings,

    • 3246
    • ;
    • B. 1621
    • .
  • Insende eácne egesan

    he sent in mighty terror,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 947
    • ;
    • Sal. 473
    • .
  • Cræfte eácen

    great in skill,

    • Exon. 128 a
    • ;
    • Th. 492,
    • 26;
    • Rä. 81, 21: 14
    • ;
    • Rä. 81, 15: 103 a
    • ;
    • Th. 391,
    • 21;
    • Rä. 10,
    • 8.
  • Nǽron ge swá eácne mód-geþances

    ye were not so powerful in mental thought,

    • Cd. 179
    • ;
    • Th. 224,
    • 14;
    • Dan. 136
    • .
Derived forms
feorh-eácen, mægen-, écen
Full form

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  • eácen, v.; adj.; part.