† tokenern.
/ˈtəʊkənə/ Obsolete.
1. One who or that which portends or prognosticates; a portent.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]
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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. v. 114 The dreidful portis sal be schet,..Of Janus temple, the taknair of battail.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vii. 46 Thai, delvand, fand the takinar of Cartage, Ane mekle hors heid that was, I wene.
2. One who signs or marks.
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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Teeckenaer, a Marker, a Noter, a Signer, or a Tokener.
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