eggen

From Middle Dutch eggen. Equivalent to eg +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: eg‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛɣən

eggen

1. (transitive, agriculture) to harrow

From Middle High German egen, *ecken, from Old High German eggen, ekken, ultimately from the root of Ecke (“corner, edge”).

The modern consonantism -gg- instead of expected -ck- is most readily explained as Low German as some sources do, but this seems not generally accepted (compare Middle Low German eggen).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡən/

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eggen (weak, third-person singular present eggt, past tense eggte, past participle geeggt, auxiliary haben)

1. to harrow

• Egge

• “eggen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “eggen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “eggen” in Duden online
• “eggen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Borrowed from Old Norse eggja, from egg (“edge”) (cognate to egge).

• eggyn, eggin

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡən/

eggen (third-person singular simple present eggeth, present participle eggende, eggynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle egged)

1. To egg on; to encourage or provide motivation.
   • c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “Passus primus de visione”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: Roberte Crowley, , published 1550, →OCLC, folio v, verso:

     Therin wonneth a wyght that Wronge is Ihote / Father of falſhead, and founded it him ſelfe / Adam and Eue he egged to yll, / Councelled Cayne to kyll his brother

     Therein dwells a creature that Wrong is named, / Father of falsehood, and founded it himself. / Adam and Eve he egged to ill, / Counselled Cain to kill his brother

2. To lure someone away; to entice.
3. (rare) To anger; to draw someone's wrath.
4. (rare) To insult or goad.

• eggyng
• egment

• English: egg
• Scots: egg

• “eggen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-04.

eggen

1. Alternative form of heggen

• egga

eggen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of egg (Etymology 2)

eggen m

1. definite singular of egg

eggen

1. definite singular of egg