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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kenna (third person singular past indicative kendi, third person plural past indicative kent, supine kent)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of kenna (group v-8) | ||
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infinitive | kenna | |
supine | kent | |
participle (a7)1 | kennandi | kendur |
present | past | |
first singular | kenni | kendi |
second singular | kennir | kendi |
third singular | kennir | kendi |
plural | kenna | kendu |
imperative | ||
singular | kenna! | |
plural | kennið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)
- to teach, to tutor
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
- A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
- Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- to instruct
- (dated) to ascribe
- (archaic, poetic) to know a person
- to feel
Conjugation[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Verb[edit]
kenna
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: kenna
- Faroese: kenna
- Norn: kenna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjenna
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kjenne
- Elfdalian: kenna
- Westrobothnian: kjän, tjöndes
- Old Swedish: kænna
- Swedish: känna
- Old Danish: kænnæ
- Gutnish: känne
References[edit]
- “kenna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction[edit]
kenna
- do not know
- 1822, John Galt, chapter XCIX, in Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk:
- I kenna how it was, that at the time I didna experience such a sorrow as I should have felt.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- 'Stop!' says he, — 'stop, Laird Heriotside! I kenna what your errand is, but it is to no holy purpose that ye're out on Beltane E'en. D' ye no hear the warring o' the waters?'
Vilamovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
kenna
- to know (be acquainted or familiar with)
Yakan[edit]
Noun[edit]
kenna
Verb[edit]
kenna
- to fish
Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛnːa
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese verbs
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛnːa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛnːa/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic dated terms
- Icelandic terms with archaic senses
- Icelandic poetic terms
- Most used Icelandic verbs
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs
- Scots words suffixed with -na
- Scots non-lemma forms
- Scots contractions
- Scots terms with quotations
- Vilamovian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Vilamovian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-
- Vilamovian lemmas
- Vilamovian verbs
- Yakan lemmas
- Yakan nouns
- Yakan verbs