"cen" meaning in Old English

See cen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃeːn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kēn. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kēn}} Proto-West Germanic *kēn Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=ċēn|head2=|sort=}} ċēn m, {{ang-noun|m|head=ċēn}} ċēn m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ċēn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ċēn|ċēnas|ċēn|ċēnas|ċēnes|ċēna|ċēne|ċēnum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ċēn [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ċēn [nominative, singular], ċēnas [nominative, plural], ċēn [accusative, singular], ċēnas [accusative, plural], ċēnes [genitive, singular], ċēna [genitive, plural], ċēne [dative, singular], ċēnum [dative, plural]
  1. (poetic) torch Tags: poetic Synonyms (torch): blæse, brand, blysa, fæcele, þæċele
    Sense id: en-cen-ang-noun-N79Rv7pG Categories (other): Light sources Disambiguation of Light sources: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'torch': 100 0
  2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚳ (k or tʃ)
    Sense id: en-cen-ang-noun-27EZiZ99 Categories (other): Runic letter names, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Light sources, Runic letter names Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Light sources: 50 50 Disambiguation of Runic letter names: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 0 0
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      "source": "declension",
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          "word": "blæse"
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          "word": "brand"
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          "sense": "torch",
          "word": "blysa"
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          "_dis": "18 82",
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          "english": "Torch is by the living seen ablaze...",
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        "(Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚳ (k or tʃ)"
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃeːn/"
    }
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}
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
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    "cy:Lichens",
    "cy:Skin"
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      "word": "blæse"
    },
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      "word": "brand"
    },
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      "word": "blysa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "torch",
      "word": "fæcele"
    },
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      "sense": "torch",
      "word": "þæċele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cen"
}

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