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English
Etymology
From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”).
An alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen (“increased, augmented”), from ēaca (“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). More at eke.
Verb
ean (third-person singular simple present eans, present participle eaning, simple past and past participle eaned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.
c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. , London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, , published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:That I was shipp'd at sea, I well remember,
Even on my eaning time; but whether there
Deliver'd, by the holy gods,
I cannot rightly say.
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Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯n/
Verb
ean
- first-person dual present of ii
Teop
Pronoun
ean
- you (second-person pronoun, nominative case, singular)
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