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

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡɛn/
• Hyphenation: a‧gèn

Noun

agèn (plural agen-agen, first-person possessive agenku, second-person possessive agenmu, third-person possessive agennya)

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. 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.

Alternative forms

• (biological, chemical): agén (Standard Malay)
• (person): éjén (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “agen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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

Descendants

• English: age
• Scots: age

References

• “āǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.

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/,

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...

Declension

• Note that а̄gen is almost always declined strong.

Derived terms

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.

Spanish

Verb

agen

1. third-person plural present indicative of agir

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, gap
2. slit, slot

Derived terms

• agendor (“chasm, gulf”)

Mutation

References

• 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