agan

• (short form) gàn
• (after certain words) -'gan

Compare Welsh ein.

IPA^(key): /ˌæɡən/

agan

1. our

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɑn/, [ˈɑː.ɣɑn]

āgan

1. to own, possess
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
     wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.

     thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
     a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.

2. to cause to own: to give, to deliver

• Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
  • English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
  • Scots: aw, awe

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. Equivalent to ā- +‎ gān.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑːn/

āgān

1. to go out, (in the past participle) gone
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:30

     Þā hēo on hire hūs ēode, hēo ġemētte þæt mæġden on hire bedde liċġende and þæt dēofol ūt āgān.

     When she entered her house, she found the girl lying in her bed and the demon gone.

2. to pass (of time)
3. to happen
4. to become known: get out, come out

agan

1. definite singular of aga

• agna

Compare with Igbo àgà

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡã̀/

àgàn

1. childlessness
2. (sometimes derogatory) A barren woman, a childless woman