unkenned
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unkenned
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at un- 1, ken, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Then came a word into his mouth, and he stood up and sang: From the Wethermel reek I set me to seek The world-ways unkenned And the first of the end.
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
He intended thus to see, while himself unknown, "the gentlewoman who sould have been his spouse, thinking to spy her pulchritud and behaviour unkenned by her."
From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George
The human masque she watched, with dreamless eyes In whose clear shallows lurked no trembling shade: The stars, unkenned by her, might set and rise, Unmarked by her, the daisies bloom and fade.
From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William
"Deliverer and spoiler are alike unkenned, then," said Bertha.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
"What call had ye to put your neck in danger for an unkenned man's sake?" he cried, crabbedly.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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