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unkenned

[ uhn-kend; Scots uhn-kent ]

adjective

, Chiefly Scot.


unkenned

/ ʌnˈkɛnd; ʌnˈkɛnt /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    unknown
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unkenned1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; un- 1, ken, -ed 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unkenned1

C14: from un- 1+ ken
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Example Sentences

"Deliverer and spoiler are alike unkenned, then," said Bertha.

"What call had ye to put your neck in danger for an unkenned man's sake?" he cried, crabbedly.

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."

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.

Now Osberne heard and understood all, and the men are all ready for him, a thousand and three hundred by tale; so he makes no delay and leads them by ways unkenned so diligently that he breaks forth on them before they be duly ordered, though they be all out in the fields drawing together.

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