v. (wk.)
Cl past kenned; WA infin. ken, pres. 1 sg. ken, pres. 3 sg. kennes, past, pp. kend
'to know' (Modern English ken)
PGmc Ancestor
*kannjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
kenna 'to know, recognize'
(ONP kenna (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far kenna, Icel kenna, Norw kjenna, Dan kjende, Sw känna
OE Cognate
cennan 'to make known, declare'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
CC3ac
Non-causative senses are cited by MED and OED from the 13c. onwards. From the 14c. they are more commonly to be found in N and E texts, but this bias is not evident in the earliest examples, e.g. Brut.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 1702; Pat 357; Erk 124; WA 278, 577, 690 etc.