cunnen

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• connen, can

EtymologyEdit

From Old English cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunən/

VerbEdit

cunnen

1. To know about (especially a domain of knowledge)
2. (auxiliary) To be able to; to have the capability (to do); can.
3. (auxiliary) To be able to do in the relevant situation; to be available to do.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of cunnen

present	singular	plural
1st person	can	cunne(n)
2nd person	canst	cunne(n)
3rd person	can	cunne(n)
subjunctive	cunne	cunne
participle	present	past
	cunning(e), cunnende	cunned, coud
simple past	singular	plural
1st person	couthe, coude	coude(n)
2nd person	couthest, coust	coude(n)
3rd person	couthe, coude	coude(n)
subjunctive	couth(e), coud(e)	couth(en), coud(en)
imperative	singular	plural
	cunne	cunneth, cunneϸ

DescendantsEdit

• Scots: can, cun, cunning
• English: can, con, cun, could, cunning, canny

ReferencesEdit

• “cǒnnen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-12.