Participles
| Present | cennende |
| Past | (ġe)cenned |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | cenne |
| 2nd sing. | cennest; censt |
| 3rd sing. | cenneþ; cenþ |
| 1st plur. | cennaþ |
| 2nd plur. | cennaþ |
| 3rd plur. | cennaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | cende |
| 2nd sing. | cendest |
| 3rd sing. | cende |
| 1st plur. | cendon |
| 2nd plur. | cendon |
| 3rd plur. | cendon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | cenne |
| 2nd sing. | cenne |
| 3rd sing. | cenne |
| 1st plur. | cennen |
| 2nd plur. | cennen |
| 3rd plur. | cennen |
Past
| 1st sing. | cende |
| 2nd sing. | cende |
| 3rd sing. | cende |
| 1st plur. | cenden |
| 2nd plur. | cenden |
| 3rd plur. | cenden |
Imperative
| Singular | cenn |
| Plural | cennaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'cennan'
cennan,
Verbs similar to 'cennan'
acennan,
cunnan,
wennan,
þennan,
bannan,
bendan,
bennian,
cegan,
cegean,
celan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative form of *kunnaną (“to know”).
2. Cognate with Old Saxon kennian (Dutch kennen), Old Frisian kenna, Old High German kennen (German kennen), Old Norse kenna (Danish kende, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: kjende), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kannjan, “to declare”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*kannijaną', Old Saxon '
kennian', Dutch '
kennen', German, old spelling '
kennen', Danish '
kende'.
Verbs referencing "cennan"
English
ken, Scots
ken, Middle English
kennen.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
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Þeos towritennys wearð aræred fram ðam ealdormen Cyrino, of Sirian lande, þæt ælc man ofer-hēafod sceolde cennan his gebyrde, and his áre on ðære byrig þe hé to gehyrde. (This enrolment was set forth from Cyrenius, the governor of Syria—that every man in general should declare his birth and his possession in the city to which he belonged.)