ongean

== Old English == === Alternative forms === āġēan, onġeġn, onġæġn, onġēn === Etymology === from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Compare Old Saxon angegin, Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old High German ingegin and ingagan (German entgegen). By surface analysis, on- +‎ ġean. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /onˈjæ͜ɑːn/ === Adverb === onġēan opposite back late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and His Wife Basilissa" late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Numbers 14:3 with c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost" === Preposition === onġēan (with dative or (giving sense of motion) accusative) against (+dative) c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul" against as in to oppose with hostility (+accusative) late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin" Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Synonyms ==== eft ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: agayn, again, ayein, ayen, aȝenEnglish: againGeordie: agyenScots: again, agayne, agane, agen, ageen, agin, agyen, agean (southern)Yola: agyne