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cancettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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cancettan, part. cancettende; p. cancette; pp. cancetted
To laugh aloud or in a cackling manner; cachinnare
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  • Mæssepreóst ne sceal lufigean micelne and ungemetlícne cancettende hleahtor

    nor shall a mass-priest love great and immoderate cackling laughter,

      L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 36.
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v. ceahhetan.
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v.  ceahhetan.
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