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Wright's OE grammar
§310; §530;
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to beget, &c., children
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  • On sáre þú cennest (cynnest, v. l.) bearn

    in dolore paries,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 79, 6.

  • Þonne þá wíf heora bearn cendon. Ors. 1,

      10; S. 46, 10.

  • Cenne hé ðæt bearn ðám gefarenan bréðer

    ad nomen fratris filios gignat,

      Past. 43, 14.

  • Þæt cennende (cynn-, v. l.) wíf

    enixam mulierem,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 79, 8.

  • Wið ꝥ cennende him,

      Lch. ii. 328, 22.

  • Þá cennendan leomu

    genitalia,

      Gr. D. 26, 27: Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 27.
of plants,
to produce
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  • Of þám treówum balzamum bið kenned (

    nascitur

    ),
      Nar. 36, 32.
to produce, cause
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  • Cynð wam

    generat maculam,

      Kent. Gl. 291.
to declare, &c.
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  • Þá cende hé tém,

      Cht. Th. 206, 27.

  • Se abbot cænde ꝥ Cnut cing gelógode,

      349, 14.

  • Ǽlc be him sylfum cennan sceolde ... Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon,

      Hml. Th. i. 34, 2-5.

  • Ælc man sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre,

      30, 4.
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v. un-cenned.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/41547.

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