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á-cennan

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to produce, &c.,
where the product is of the same kind as the producer,
in reference to men or animals
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  • 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
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  • Ácennede

    exorti (flores ),

      An. Ox. 549.
where the product is different,
of men
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  • Ácende

    edidit (opera ),

      An. Ox. 2316.
of things
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  • 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,
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  • 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.]
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v. eft-, un-ácenned.
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v.  on-cennan.
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