What is "kenned"

Ken \Ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See Can to be able, Know.]

1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.]

2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] ``We ken them from afar.''
   --Addison

   'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait.
   --Shak.

vb. (en-pastken)

1. n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken" [syn: cognizance]

2. the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight]

3. [also: kent, kenning, kenned]

See ken