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ken vb. (occurs thrice; 3 an affected use)
1. to descry, see 2H6 III. ii. 101.
2. to recognize Troil. IV. v. 14 “I ken the manner of his gait.”
3. to know (a person) Wiv. I. iii. 38.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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