Old English · noun
cennend
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong consonant stem
- IPA
- /ˈken.nend/
- Syllables
- ˈken · nend (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- parent
Meaning
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parent
Ēalā hū swīþe ēadġe wǣron þā æþelan cennende Sancte Iōhannes, þǣm ne sċeþede nǣniġ scyld þisse sċeþwracan worlde.
Behold how very blessed the noble parents of Saint John were, whom no guilt of this hostile world had injured.
10th century, “SEO GEBYRD S.JOHANNES ÞÆS FULWIHTERES”, in The Blickling Homilies of the Tenth Century, page 161:
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Equivalent to cennan + -end.
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