iecan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *aukijan (“to increase”), equivalent to ēaca + -an. Related to Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to increase”) and Latin augeō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]īeċan (transitive)
- to increase or enlarge
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30[1]:
- Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.
- When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.
- to add
- to endow
- to impregnate
Usage notes
[edit]- The intransitive equivalents are ēacan and ēacian.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of īeċan (weak class 1)
infinitive | īeċan | īeċenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | īeċe | īehte |
second person singular | īeċest, īecst | īehtest |
third person singular | īeċeþ, īecþ | īehte |
plural | īeċaþ | īehton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | īeċe | īehte |
plural | īeċen | īehten |
imperative | ||
singular | īeċ | |
plural | īeċaþ | |
participle | present | past |
īeċende | (ġe)īeht |
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: echen
Categories:
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms suffixed with -an
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English transitive verbs
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English class 1 weak verbs