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CENNAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CENNAN, cænnan. cynnan; -nende; de; ed; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§310; §530;
to beget, conceive, create, bring forth; gignere, creare, facere, parere
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  • Ic to-dæg cende ðé

    ego hodie genui te,

    • Ps. Spl. 2, 7
      • .

  • Sceal, ic nú eald wíf, cennan

    shall I, now an old woman, conceive?

    • Gen. 18, 13
      • .

  • Iob sunu Waldendes freónoman cende

    Job gave [created, made] a noble name to the Lord's son,

    • Exon. 17a
      • ;
    • Th. 40, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 636
      • .

  • Ðam wæs Judas nama cenned

    to him was given [created, made] the name Judas,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1170
      • ;
    • El. 587: Ps. Th. 73, 7
      • .

  • Heó cende hyre frumcennedan sunu

    peperit filium suum primogenitum,

    • Mt. Bos. 1, 25
      • .
to bring forth from the mind , to declare, choose, ascribe, clear, prove; advocare, confiteri, adscribere, purgare, manifestare
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  • Gif he cynne ðæt he hit bohte

    if he declare that he bought it,

    • L. Edg. S. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 12, MS. F
      • .

  • Ic me to cyninge cenne Iudas

    I chose Judah to me for a king,

    • Ps. Th. 107, 8
      • .

  • We deórwyrþne dǽl Dryhtne cennaþ

    we ascribe the precious lot to the Lord,

    • Exon. 35a
      • ;
    • Th. 113, 8; Gú. 154
      • .

  • Cenne he hwanon hit him cóme

    let him declare whence it came to him,

    • L. Eth. ii. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 288, 14, 21, 22, 23, 25
      • .

  • Gif he cenþ ðæt he hit bohte

    if he declare that he bought it,

    • L. Edg. S. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 6
      • .

  • Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne

    let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's clearance,

    • L. Wih. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 40, 13: 22
      • ;
    • Th. i. 42, 3: L. Edg. S. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 12
      • .
Etymology
[
Piers P. kennen, kenne to teach:
Chauc. kennen to know:
R. Brun. ken to know:
Laym. kenne, kennen to know, make known, acknowledge:
Orm. kennedd begotten:
O. Sax. kennian,gignere, cognoscere:
Frs. kinnen:
O. Frs. kanna, kenna to know:
Dut. Ger. M. H. Ger. kennen to know:
O. H. Ger. kannjan:
Goth. kannyan to make known:
Dan. kjende:
Swed. känna:
Icel. kenna to know, teach.
]
Derived forms
a-cennan, ge-, on-
Linked entries
v.  a-cennan cænnan cænnan cynnan cennend-líc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CENNAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6017.

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