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céne
/tʃe:ne /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Adjective
This might be just a supplemental entry adding to an entry in the Main Volume.
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
céne
. Add :-- Kéne belliger, An. Ox. 26, 42. Swíþe yfel mon ealra þeáwa, búton þ̵ hé wæs céne and oft feaht ánwíg, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Sum céne heretoga mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 431. Se céna Iudas, 424. Cwæð Moyses tó þám cénan Iosue, 13, 6. Hé ðrowode mid cénum móde tintregu, Hml. Th. i. 436, 1. Mid cénum geleáfan, Hml. S. 5, 53: 29, 133: Hml. A. 114, 415. Hí wurdon swá gehyrte and swá céne, Hml. Th. i. 232, 29. Ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lch. i. 372, 5. Tigras and leopardos, þ̵ syndan þá kénestan deór, Nar. 38, 4.
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Possibly connected entries from the Main Volume:

CÉNE
, cýne; adj. I. KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike; acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus :-- Se wæs úþwita céne and cræftig who was a philosopher keen and profound, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 110; Met. 10, 51. Stóp út céne collenferþ he stept out bold [and] firm of mind, Andr. Kmbl. 3154; An. 1580. Eofore eom ǽghwǽr cénra than a wild boar I am everywhere bolder, Exon. 110b; Th. 423, 9; Rä. 41, 18. Cende cneow-sibbe cénra manna he begat a race of brave men, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 14; Exod. 356.
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