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▪ I. † aˈken(ne, v.1 Obs.
[f. a- prefix 1 intens. + ken v.1 Probably in OE.; cf. OHG. arkennan, mod.Germ. erkennen.]
To recognize, to reconnoitre.
1250Layamon 7243 He þis lond a-kende [1205 he þis lon ikende]. Ibid. 25430 Hit were þe kenlokeste men Þat eni man akende [1205 Þa æi mon ikende]. c1300K. Alis. 3468 At the othir side akennynge, They sygh Darie the kyng. 1599Soliman & Pers. v. in Hazl. Dodsl. V. 354 His ships were past a kenning from the shore.
▪ II. † aˈken(ne, v.2 Obs.
Forms: 1–2 acenn-an, 2–3 akenn-en. pa. tense 1–2 ac-, 2–3 akende. pa. pple. 1–2 acenned, 2–3 akenned, -et.
[f. a- prefix 1 forth, out + cenn-an to give birth to: see ken v.2]
To bring forth, to bear. (Most common in pa. pple.)
c880K. ælfred Boeth. xxxi. §1 Swa swa wif acenþ bearn. c1000ælfric Gen. iii. 16 On sarnysse ðu acenst cild. c1175Lamb. Hom. 227 Þa ðer hire time com hi acennede. c1220Leg. Kath. 332 He was akennet of Marie, a meiden. |