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ágen

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • verb
  • adjective
  • participle
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Grammar
ágen, adj. [originally the pp. of ágan to own, possess] .
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §431; §442; §546;
OWN, proper, peculiar; proprius
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  • Sécþ his ágen wuldor

    gloriam propriam quærit.

    • Jn. Bos. 7, 18
    • .
  • Godes ágen bearn

    God's own child.

    • Cd. 213; Th. 265, 20
    • ;
    • Sat. 10: 109; Th. 144, 27
    • ;
    • Gen. 2396
    • :
    • Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 19
    • .
  • Hire ágenes húses

    of her own house,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 60
    • ;
    • Met. 13, 30
    • .
  • Binnan heora ágenre hýde

    within their own skin,

    • Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 23
    • .
  • On eówerne ágenne dóm.

    in your own decision,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 677
    • ;
    • An. 339
    • .
  • On his ágenum dagum

    in diebus ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 7
    • .
  • His ágnum willan on

    his own accord,

    • Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 98, 6
    • .
  • Ágna gesceafta

    thy own creatures,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 28
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 14: Bt. 14, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 44, 36
    • .
  • Ðínes ágenes þonces

    of thine own choice,

    • Bt. 8; Fox 26, 12
    • .
used substantively,
The property owned, or one's own property; proprium
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  • Agife man ðam ágen-frigean his ágen

    let his own be rendered to the proprietor,

    • L. C. S. 24 ; Th. i. 390, 7
    • ;
    • L. Eth. ii. 10
    • ;
    • Wilk. 106, 38
    • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. owen
:
Laym. agen
:
Plat. egen
:
O. Sax. égan
:
O. Frs. ein, ain, eigen, egen
:
Ger. M. H. Ger. eigen
:
O. H. Ger. eikan, eigan
:
Goth. áigin, n. and áihts. f.
οὐσία
:
O. Nrs. eigin
.]
Similar entries
v. ágan.
Linked entries
v.  ágen-nama ágen-spræc ǽgen ǽgnes ponces ge-ágen.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ágen, n.; v.; adj.; part.