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a-cennan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-cennan, ðú -censt, he -cenþ; p. -cende; pp. -cenned; v. a.
To bring forth, produce, beget, renew; parere, gignere, renovare, renasci
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  • Swá wíf acenþ bearn

    as a woman brings forth a child,

    • Bt. 31, 1 ; Fox 112, 2
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  • On sárnysse ðú acenst cild

    in dolore paries filios.

    • Gen. 3, 16
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  • Ða se Hǽlend acenned wæs

    cum natus esset Jesus,

    • Mt. Bos. 2, 1
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  • Crist wæs acenned [MS. acennyd] on midne winter

    Christ was born in mid-winter,

    • Menol. Fox l
    • ;
    • Men. 1
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  • Gregorius wæs of æðelborenre mægþe acenned

    Gregory was born of a noble family,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 118, 7
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  • Eal edniwe, eft acenned, synnum asundrad

    all renewed, born again, sundered from sins,

    • Exon. 59b; Th. 214, 19
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    • Ph. 241
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  • Ðonne se móna biþ acenned [geniwod, v. geniwian]

    when the moon is changed [born anew ],

    • Lchdm. iii. 180, 19, 22, 28
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v. cennan.
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v.  a-cænned.
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