miscennung

Old English

Alternative forms
  • miskenninge

Etymology

Either from an unattested *miscennan +‎ -ung or mis- +‎ cennung.

Noun

miscennung f

  1. (law) A wrong declaration, a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, or a fine exacted for this mistake.

Declension
Declension of miscennung (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative miscennung miscennunga, miscennunge
accusative miscennunge miscennunga, miscennunge
genitive miscennunge miscennunga
dative miscennunge miscennungum

Descendants

References
  • miscenning in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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