n also acan(n).
head (poet. of heads cut off in battle):
ceni tecais acen neich,
ZCP xiii 188 § 241
.
aiggen .i. cend,
O'Mulc. 108
quoting this ex.
biëid co n-imbiud acen / in
maten hi Forcalad,
ZCP xiii 188 § 241
= biëd co n-imniud
acain (.i. cenn) etc.
xii 233 § 46
.
cath chind[ḟ]ebrat ro
mebaid / for Mac Con chétaib acan (: matan),
RC xiii 440 §
14
.
mairg arata glonn fri gail / ettach no accen Congail,
Ériu v 244.198
. Note also:
etir othain ┐ acenn (achend v.l.)
.i. tene .i. eter inn adnacul ┐ in mesrugud,
RC xxvi 26 § 95
and n.
othain ┐ acenn .i. itir in cainnell ┐ in tine,
O'Dav.
1323
.