Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

á-cennan

Dictionary links
Add:
to produce, &c.,
where the product is of the same kind as the producer,
in reference to men or animals
Show examples

  • Tó ácennene

    ad propagandam

    ,
      An. Ox. 1400.

  • Ácennende wæs

    enixa est

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 38.

  • Ácenned

    cretus

    ,
      21, 23.

  • Ðæs ácendan engles mægen,

      Bl. H. 165, 5.

  • His ácænnedan dohtor,

      Ap. Th. 24, 19.
of things
Show examples

  • Ácennede

    exorti (flores ),

      An. Ox. 549.
where the product is different,
of men
Show examples

  • Ácende

    edidit (opera ),

      An. Ox. 2316.
of things
Show examples

  • Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð,

      Lch. iii. 276, 7.
  • Wið ðá wunda ðe on ðám men beóð ácenned, i. 158, 12.
to attribute, assign. v. cennan,
Show examples

  • Hý betǽhton (ácendon,

    v l.

    ) and benemdon hyra deófolgyldum ðá neát ðá ðe hý woldon syllan,
      Mart. 198, 11.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. er-kennen gignere; agnoscere.]
Similar entries
v. eft-, un-ácenned.
Linked entries
v.  on-cennan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/37420.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • á-cennan,

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.