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English
Noun
cann (plural canns)
- Obsolete spelling of can (container).
1719, Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; , volume V, London: W. Pearson, for J Tonson, , published 19th century, →OCLC, page 64:He out his Dagger drew; / Cuts-plutter-a-nails, quoth Taffy then, / A Welchman is a Shentleman, / Come Hostess fill's the other Cann, / For Joan's Ale, &c.
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *kannō (“knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know how”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵen-, *ǵnō- (“to know”), *ǵn̥néh₃-. Akin to Old Frisian kanna, kena (“recognition, investigation”).
Noun
cann f
- a piece of knowledge
- cognizance
- confirmation, averment, a positive assertion
- clearance
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *kann (“I, he, she can”), first and third person singular present tense of Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.
Verb
cann
- first/third-person singular present indicative of cunnan