degan

degan (plural degans)

1. Alternative spelling of degen
   • 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter LXXXIII, in Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman‎^[1], page 402:

     "Crash the cull—down with him—down with him before he dubs the jigger. Tip him the degan, Fib, fake him through and through; if he pikes we shall all be scragged."

• Agden, De'ang, dagen, Dagen, denga, Gaden, Deang, agend

degan

1. flood, freshet
2. hailstorm

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

From Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.

dëgan m

1. retainer, thane, warrior
   • 830s, Hildebrandslied

     […] her was otachre ummet tirri / degano dechisto unti deotrichhe […]

     […] he was to Odoacer greatly hostile / of thanes, to Theodoric the most loyal […]

• deganheit
• degankind
• deganlīhho
• deganōn
• deganspenta
• guotdegan

• Middle High German: dëgen
  • German: Degen

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɡan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːɡan/, /ˈdɛɡan/

degan

1. Soft mutation of tegan (“toy”).