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Substitute:
to bring forth, bear children
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  • Gecennes sunu

    pariet filium,

      Mt. L. i. 21, 23.

  • Gecende (peperit) sunu hire frumcende, 25. ꝥ cneúreso gicende

    quod generatio edidit,

      Rtl. 108, 29.

  • Of ðaem gecenned ł geboren is Haelend

    de qua natus est Iesus,

      Mt. L. 1, 16: Mt. p. 13, 2: p. 14, 1.

  • Gecenned ł ácenned

    nati,

      Jn. L. 8, 41.

  • Gecened,

      1. 13.
to give forth a statement,
declare, make known.
absolute,
to state the conditions of a case
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  • Ic gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre

    I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better give it more fully,

      Angl. ix. 265, 13.
with object
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  • In regula suindrig án éghwelc ðá ne habbas in óðrum gecendon

    in canone propria unusquisque quae non habentur in aliis ediderunt,

      Mt. p. 3, 17.
with object and complementary adj.
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  • Ic þéo écne God ǽnne gecenne,

      Hy. 10, 4.
to declare a course of action
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  • Gif hé teám gecenne, and sý on óðre scíre sé þe hé tó týmð,

      Ll. Th. i. 288, 18.
to make an (exculpatory) statement about a person
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  • Gif se bana oðbyrste, feórðe manwyrð hé (

    the man who allows the escape

    ) tó gedó, and hine gecænne mid gódum ǽwdum ꝥ hé þane banan begeten ne mihte,
      Ll. Th. i. 28, 2, 8.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-kannjan to make known: O.H. Ger. ge-chennen gignere.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47433.

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