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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aknawin, p.p. Also: aknawyn, aknawne. [ME. aknowen, p.p. of aknowe(n to recognize, confess, OE. oncnáwan to know, acknowledge, etc.] (1) Known (to or till a person). — 1392 Lennox Mun. II. 48.
Be yt made aknawyn til al that thir lettrez herys and seys, that [etc.] 1410–11 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 29.
Tyll all that thir lettres heris and seis … we mak a knawin [etc.]
(2) To be aknawin to, to acknowledge. (After English use of aknowen.) — c1520-c1535 Nisbet III. 287.
Be ye aknawne to the Lord
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