eacen

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aukanaz, past participle of *aukaną (to add, increase). Cognate with Old Frisian āken, Old Saxon ōkan (pregnant), Old Norse aukinn (increased, pregnant).

Pronunciation

Verb

ēacen

  1. past participle of ēacan
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:
      …ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.
      …but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.

Declension

Adjective

ēacen

  1. increased, enlarged
  2. endowed (with some desirable trait)
  3. pregnant

Declension

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