- cenning
- f (-e/-a) 1. parturition, birth, a producing; 2. procreation; 3. declaration in court;
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Mischening — A fine imposed upon a litigant who when giving evidence departed from the original declaration. As part of his coronation oath Stephen swore entirely [to] do away with all exactions, mischeningas, and injustices . [< OldEngl. miscenning, mis … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
kenning — (n.) O.E. cenning procreation; declaration in court, prp. of KEN (Cf. ken) (v.). From early 14c. in senses sign, token; teaching, instruction; c.1400 as mental cognition. From 1883 as periphrastic expression in early Germanic poetry; in this… … Etymology dictionary
