ppl. a. Sc. rare. [UN-1 10.] Unknowing, ignorant.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xl. (Ninian), 98. Fore scorne it ware gret to se Þe thechure [= teacher] suld vnkennand be.
1788. J. Macaulay, Poems, 130. Unkenning how to carp or mourn, Their joy to spoil.
a. 1870. in Rogers, Scottish Minstrel, 488/2. Unkennin’ o’, uncarin’ for, cauld care or crosses stern.
