Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo bear, give birth to. (Usually in the past participle.)
From Old English ācennan or gecennan, equivalent to a- + cennan (“to give birth to”).
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- Inherited-form mentionācennanang
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