An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 461
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 461
_Bannatyne Poems._
3. The champion of a party in controversy.
_Winyet._
Dan. _kempe_, a giant; Isl. miles robustus.
~Kemp~, _s._ The act of striving for superiority, S.
_J. Nicol._
~Kemper~, _s._
1. One who strives; now generally applied to reapers striving on the harvest-field, S.
2. One who is supposed to excel in any respect, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _kaemper_, is the pl. of _kaempe_.
~Kempin~, _s._ The act of striving on the harvest-field, S.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ KEMPEL, _v.a._ To cut into separate parts, S. B.
Su. G. _kappa_, L. B. _kapul-are_, to amputate.
KEMPLE, _s._ Forty wisps or bottles of straw or hay, S.
_Courant._
_To_ KEN, _v. a._
1. To know, S.
O. E.
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, inst.i.tuere.
_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._