Obs. 1–2. Also accen-, akynnednysse. [f. prec. + -NESS.] Birth; generation.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke i. 14. Maneʓa on his acennednysse ʓefaʓniad.
c. 1160. Hatton Gosp. Akynnednysse.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 209. Þurh þin akennednesse in a meidenes licame.
