cann

See also: Cann

English

Noun

cann (plural canns)

1. Obsolete spelling of can (container).
   • 1719, Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […], volume V, London: […] W. Pearson, for J[acob] 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

• IPA^(key): /kɑnn/, [kɑn]

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

1. a piece of knowledge
2. cognizance
3. confirmation, averment, a positive assertion
4. clearance

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cann	canna, canne
accusative	canne	canna, canne
genitive	canne	canna
dative	canne	cannum

Descendants

• English: canny, uncanny

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *kann (“I, he, she can”), first and third person singular present tense of Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.

Alternative forms

• can

Verb

cann

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of cunnan