eacan

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.kɑn/

ēacan (intransitive)

1. to increase or enlarge
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[1]:

     …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.

2. to conceive, become pregnant

• The transitive equivalent is īeċan.

• ēaca
• ēacen
• ēacnan
• īeċan

• ēac

• English: eke
• Scots: eik