An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

2. To make known.
Wyntown.
3. To direct, in relation to a course.
Douglas.
4. To direct, as to the means, S. B.

Isl. kenn-a, docere, instituere.

Barbour.
5. To be able.
Wyntown.
6. To ken a widow to her terce, to set apart her proportion of the lands which belonged to her deceased husband; a forensic phrase, S.
Fountainhall.

Su. G. kaenn-a, cognoscere, sensu forensi.

To Ken, v. n. To be acquainted.
Wallace.

Kennin, s.
1. Acquaintance, S. B.
2. A taste or smack of any thing, S.
3. A small portion, S.
J. Nicol.
4. A slight degree, S.
Burns.

Su. G. kaenn-a, to discover by the senses.

Kenspeckle, adj. Having so singular an appearance, as to be easily recognised, S.
J. Nicol.

From ken, and A. S. specce, a mark.

KENE, KEYNE, adj.
1. Daring.
Gawan and Gol.
2. Cruel.
Sir Tristrem.