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écan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
écan, ǽcan, ícan, iécan, ýcan, ýcean, ic éce, ðú écest, he écþ, pl. écaþ; p. écte, pl. écton, éhton; pp. éced [eáca an addition]
To EKE, increase, prolong, add; augēre, appōnĕre
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  • Ðú scealt écan ðíne yrmþu

    thou shalt increase thy wretchedness.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2767
    • ;
    • An. 1386
    • .
  • écaþ eówre ermþe

    ye increase your poverty.

    • Bt. 26,
    • 2;
    • Fox 94,
    • 9.
  • Ðæt écþ his ermþa

    that augments his misery,

    • 29,
    • 1;
    • Fox 102,
    • 19.
  • Écte ðæt spell mid leóþe

    he prolonged the speech with verse,

    • 12
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 6: Ps. Th. 104,
    • 20.
  • Hí hira firena furður éhton

    appŏsuērunt adhuc peccāre ei,

    • 77,
    • 19.
  • Ðæt se awyrgeda ne éce, ðæt he hine leng myclie ofer eorþan

    ut non appōnat ultra magnifĭcāre se hŏmo sŭper terram,

    • 9,
    • 38.
  • Hwæt biþ ðé ealles seald oððe éced swá from ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan

    quid dētur tĭbi aut quid appōnātur tĭbi a lingua dŏlōsa?

    • 119,
    • 3.
Derived forms
æt-écan, ge-, to-, to-æt-, to-ge-, to-æt-ýcnys
Linked entries
v.  ǽcan ge-ícan.
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