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Webster 1913 Edition

Ean

Ean

(ēn)
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[AS.
eánian
. See
Yean
.]
To bring forth, as young; to yean.
“In eaning time.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ean

EAN

,
Verb.
T.
or i. To yean. [See Yean.]

Definition 2024

Ean

Ean

See also: ean, -ean, EAN, -eán, éan, and ἐάν

Manx

Proper noun

Ean m

  1. A male given name, a Manx equivalent to John.
  2. John (Biblical figure)

Synonyms

ean

ean

See also: -ean, Ean, EAN, -eán, éan, and ἐάν

English

Verb

ean ‎(third-person singular simple present eans, present participle eaning, simple past and past participle eaned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.

Related terms

Northern Sami

Verb

ean

  1. first-person dual present of ii

Etymology

From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian ‎(“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-Germanic *aunōną ‎(“to bring forth lambs”).

Alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian ‎(“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen ‎(“increased, augmented”), from ēaca ‎(“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô ‎(“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *aweg-, *awek- ‎(“to increase”). More at eke.

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