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

Conjugation of eggen (weak)
infinitive	eggen
past singular	egde
past participle	geëgd
infinitive	eggen
gerund	eggen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	eg	egde
2nd person sing. (jij)	egt, eg2	egde
2nd person sing. (u)	egt	egde
2nd person sing. (gij)	egt	egde
3rd person singular	egt	egde
plural	eggen	egden
subjunctive sing.1	egge	egde
subjunctive plur.1	eggen	egden
imperative sing.	eg
imperative plur.1	egt
participles	eggend	geëgd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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