𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *aukaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːkan/

𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 • (aukan)

1. to increase, grow

   Synonym: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (alan)

   • 6th century AD, anonymous author, Skeireins 4:3, translated by William H. Bennett:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐍉 𐌱𐌹 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹: 𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌷, 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌽𐌿, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹, 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴 𐌳𐌿 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹.

     aþþan sō bi ina garēhsns du leitilamma mēla raihtis bruks was jah fauramanwjandei saiwalōs þizē daupidanē fralailōt aiwaggēljōns mēreinai: iþ fraujins laiseins anastōdjandei af iudaia jah and allana midjungard gaþaih, and ƕarjanō þeihandei und hita nu, jah aukandei, all mannē du gudis kunþja tiuhandei.

     Indeed, the plan involving him was useful, namely for a little while, and preparing the souls of the baptized, it permitted the preaching of the gospel. But the Lord's teaching, beginning out of Judea, also expanded to the entire earth, thriving until now, increasing and drawing every man to the knowledge of God.