kenna 1 (long stem) “know, recognize”

“feel, experience; sense; taste; attribute, acknowledge; call, name; suspect, accuse; teach; tell, announce”

highly frequent

transitive/impersonal transitive (acc/dat/gen: differs by sense)/impersonal intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek kenni 1pl vér kennum 1sg ek kenna 1pl vér kennim
2sg þú kennir 2pl þér kennið 2sg þú kennir 2pl þér kennið
3sg hon kennir 3pl þau kenna 3sg hon kenni 3pl þau kenni
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek kennda 1pl vér kenndum 1sg ek kennda 1pl vér kenndim
2sg þú kenndir 2pl þér kennduð 2sg þú kenndir 2pl þér kenndið
3sg hon kenndi 3pl þau kenndu 3sg hon kenndi 3pl þau kenndi
preterite infinitive kenndu
past participle f. kennd m. kenndr n. kennt
imperative 2sg kenn 1pl kennum 2pl kennið
middle voice: kennask “seem; feel; taste; confess”
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek kennumk 1pl vér kennumk 1sg ek kennumk 1pl vér kennimk
2sg þú kennisk 2pl þér kennizk 2sg þú kennisk 2pl þér kennizk
3sg hon kennisk 3pl þau kennask 3sg hon kennisk 3pl þau kennisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek kenndumk 1pl vér kenndumk 1sg ek kenndumk 1pl vér kenndimk
2sg þú kenndisk 2pl þér kennduzk 2sg þú kenndisk 2pl þér kenndizk
3sg hon kenndisk 3pl þau kenndusk 3sg hon kenndisk 3pl þau kenndisk
past participle n. kennzk
imperative 2sg kennsk 1pl kennumk 2pl kennizk

PG *kannijaną, OE cennan 1 “beget; make known,” ME kennen “make known; recognize,” Dutch, German kennen “know.” Causative of kunna pretpres (III) “know.” Preterite variant kendi, participle kendr.

assimilation  ·  gemination

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