Ge-cennan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cennan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-cennan
- p. de; pp. ed. I. to beget, bring forth, produce :-- Gicende edidit, Rtl. 108, 29. From forleigere ne aru we gecenned ex fornicatione non sumus nati, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 41. [Cf. O. H. Ger. kiichennan gignere.] II. to clear, declare, prove; purgare, advocare, manifestare :-- Gif he gecenne if he prove, L. Eth, ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 17. Ic ðé écne God ǽnne gecenne I confess thee the only everlasting God, Grn. Hy. 10, 4. DER. cennan.