Participles
| Present | ēacende |
| Past | (ġe)ēacen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ēace |
| 2nd sing. | īecst |
| 3rd sing. | īecþ |
| 1st plur. | ēacaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ēacaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ēacaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ēoc |
| 2nd sing. | ēoce |
| 3rd sing. | ēoc |
| 1st plur. | ēocon |
| 2nd plur. | ēocon |
| 3rd plur. | ēocon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ēace |
| 2nd sing. | ēace |
| 3rd sing. | ēace |
| 1st plur. | ēacen |
| 2nd plur. | ēacen |
| 3rd plur. | ēacen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ēoce |
| 2nd sing. | ēoce |
| 3rd sing. | ēoce |
| 1st plur. | ēocen |
| 2nd plur. | ēocen |
| 3rd plur. | ēocen |
Verbs conjugated like 'eacan'
eacan,
Verbs similar to 'eacan'
acan,
bacan,
eadan,
lacan,
sacan,
tacan,
wacan,
agan,
alan,
awacan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Cognate with Old Frisian āka, Old Saxon ōkian, Old Norse auka, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), Latin augeō, and Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō). See: Proto-Germanic '
*aukaną', Latin '
augeō'.
Verbs referencing "eacan"
Old Saxon
okan.
Sample Sentences
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…ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum. (…but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:]
Cognates
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