"ken" meaning in Scots

See ken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”), originally "make to know", causative of cunnan (“to become acquainted with, to know”); from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|kennen}} Middle English kennen, {{inh|sco|ang|cennan||make known, declare, acknowledge}} Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*kannijan}} Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*kannijaną}} Proto-Germanic *kannijaną Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|uncountable|cat2=uncountable nouns|head=}} ken (uncountable), {{sco-noun|-}} ken (uncountable)
  1. knowledge or perception Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-ken-sco-noun-Xu7Agft~

Verb

Forms: kens [present, singular, third-person], kennin [participle, present], kent [past], kent [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”), originally "make to know", causative of cunnan (“to become acquainted with, to know”); from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|kennen}} Middle English kennen, {{inh|sco|ang|cennan||make known, declare, acknowledge}} Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*kannijan}} Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*kannijaną}} Proto-Germanic *kannijaną Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|kens|present participle|kennin|simple past|kent|past participle|kent|head=}} ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kennin, simple past kent, past participle kent), {{sco-verb|kens|kennin|kent}} ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kennin, simple past kent, past participle kent)
  1. (transitive) To know, perceive or understand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ken-sco-verb-OaMGjUw8 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

Inflected forms

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