Old English Dictionary Entry

á-cenness

Part of speech: , e; Related words: á-cennedness. a-cenness

Definitions

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1 á-cenness

f. Birth, nativity :-- Úres Dryhtnes ácennes, Ors. 1, 14 S. 58, 11. Geðence hé ðá æðelu ðǽre æfterran ácennesse, ðæt is on ðǽm fulluhte nobilitatem intimae regenerationis aspiciat, Past. 85, 15. Fram Crístes ácennesse, Chr. P. p. 2, 2. On ðǽm eahteþan dæge æfter his ácennysse, Shrn. 47, 21 : 48, 9.

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-áned
-anne

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚳᛖᚾᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)

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