cennan

From Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative form of *kunnaną (“to know”). Cognate with Old Saxon kennian (Dutch kennen), Old Frisian kenna, Old High German chennan (German kennen), Old Norse kenna (Danish kende, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: kjende), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kannjan, “to declare”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈken.nɑn/

cennan

1. to make known, declare
2. to produce, bring forth, declare
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Gif he cynne ðæt he hit bohte.

• ġecennan

• Middle English: kennen
  • English: ken
  • Scots: ken

From Proto-Germanic *kanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵonh₁éyeti, the causative formation of the root *ǵenh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈken.nɑn/

cennan

1. to beget, bear, give birth to
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Ic todæg cende ðē.
     2. Ðam wæs Judas nama cenned.
     3. On sāre þū cennest bearn.
     4. Cenne hē ðæt bearn ðām gefarenan brēðer.

• ācennan

• Middle English: kennen

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary