Old English · noun
cen
Normalised ċēn
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /t͡ʃeːn/
- Syllables
- t͡ʃeːn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- torch
Meaning
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torch
-
the runic character (/k/ or /t͡ʃ/)
byþ cwicera ġehwām, cūþ on fȳre...
Torch is by the living seen ablaze...
The Old English rune poem
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kēn. See also *kauną (“cheek”).
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