agnian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of agnian

Infinitive

āgnian
āgnienne

Participles

Presentāgniende
Past(ġe)āgnod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.āgniġe
2nd sing.āgnast
3rd sing.āgnaþ
1st plur.āgniaþ
2nd plur.āgniaþ
3rd plur.āgniaþ

Past

1st sing.āgnode
2nd sing.āgnodest
3rd sing.āgnode
1st plur.āgnodon
2nd plur.āgnodon
3rd plur.āgnodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.āgniġe
2nd sing.āgniġe
3rd sing.āgniġe
1st plur.āgniġen
2nd plur.āgniġen
3rd plur.āgniġen

Past

1st sing.āgnode
2nd sing.āgnode
3rd sing.āgnode
1st plur.āgnoden
2nd plur.āgnoden
3rd plur.āgnoden

Imperative

Singularāgna
Pluralāgniaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'agnian'

agnian,

Verbs similar to 'agnian'

fagnian, acsian, adlian, æfnian, æwnian, agalan, agan, agangan, agifan, agrisan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiganōn, *aiginōn, from Proto-Germanic *aiginōną (“to take possession of, own”), equivalent to āgen (“own”) + -ian. Cognate with Old High German eiganen (“to appropriate, own”), Old Norse eigna (“to acquire, own”), Gothic *𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (*aiginōn) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (gaaiginōn, “to own”)). See: Proto-Germanic '*aiginōną'.

Sample Sentences

  • Hu miht ðū, ðonne, ðē āgnian heora gōd? ― How then can you appropriate their good to yourself? (Alfred’s de Consolatione Philosophae)

Cognates

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