degan

See also: Degan

English

Noun

degan (plural degans)

  1. Alternative spelling of degen
    • 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter LXXXIII, in Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman‎, 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."

Anagrams

Maranao

Noun

degan

  1. flood, freshet
  2. hailstorm

References

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

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 […]

Declension
Declension of dëgan (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative dëgan dëgana
accusative dëgan dëgana
genitive dëganes dëgano
dative dëgane dëganum
instrumental dëganu —

Derived terms
  • deganheit
  • degankind
  • deganlīhho
  • deganōn
  • deganspenta
  • guotdegan

Descendants
  • Middle High German: dëgen

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

degan

  1. Soft mutation of tegan (“toy”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tegan degan nhegan thegan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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