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cænnan

  • verb
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to clear, prove; manifestare
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  • Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne

    let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's clearance,

      L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13: 22; Th. i. 42, 3: L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12.
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v. cennan to declare,
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