cen þec mid cræfte, _prove
yourself
by your strength_,
1220.
1220.
Beowulf
), 1762; gyrded cempa,
2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hūga cempan,
2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206. --Comp. fēðe-cempa.
cennan, w. v. : 1) _to bear_, w. acc. : efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan
cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
_to him was a son born_, 12. --2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal
one's self_: imp.
cen þec mid cræfte, _prove yourself by your strength_,
1220.
ā-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nō hīe fæder cunnon, hwæðer him ǣnig wæs
ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know
his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born
to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357.
cēnðu, st. f. , _boldness_: acc. sg. cēnðu, 2697.
cēne, adj. , _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p. . cēnra gehwylcum, 769. Superl. ,
acc.
2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hūga cempan,
2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206. --Comp. fēðe-cempa.
cennan, w. v. : 1) _to bear_, w. acc. : efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan
cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
_to him was a son born_, 12. --2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal
one's self_: imp.
cen þec mid cræfte, _prove yourself by your strength_,
1220.
ā-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nō hīe fæder cunnon, hwæðer him ǣnig wæs
ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know
his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born
to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357.
cēnðu, st. f. , _boldness_: acc. sg. cēnðu, 2697.
cēne, adj. , _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p. . cēnra gehwylcum, 769. Superl. ,
acc.
