Participles
| Present | īeċende |
| Past | (ġe)īeht |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | īeċe |
| 2nd sing. | īeċest; īecst |
| 3rd sing. | īeċeþ; īecþ |
| 1st plur. | īeċaþ |
| 2nd plur. | īeċaþ |
| 3rd plur. | īeċaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | īehte |
| 2nd sing. | īehtest |
| 3rd sing. | īehte |
| 1st plur. | īehton |
| 2nd plur. | īehton |
| 3rd plur. | īehton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | īeċe |
| 2nd sing. | īeċe |
| 3rd sing. | īeċe |
| 1st plur. | īeċen |
| 2nd plur. | īeċen |
| 3rd plur. | īeċen |
Past
| 1st sing. | īehte |
| 2nd sing. | īehte |
| 3rd sing. | īehte |
| 1st plur. | īehten |
| 2nd plur. | īehten |
| 3rd plur. | īehten |
Verbs conjugated like 'iecan'
iecan,
Verbs similar to 'iecan'
decan,
ican,
iewan,
ieþan,
recan,
secan,
acan,
ætiecan,
asecan,
bacan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aukijan (“to increase”), equivalent to ēaca + -an. Related to Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to increase”) and Latin augeō. See: Proto-Germanic '
*aukaną', Latin '
augeō'.
Sample Sentences
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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.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:]
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Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric
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Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ. (These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.)