Usually means: Expressed grief with loud wailing.
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  1. keened: Merriam-Webster
  2. keened: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. keened: Wordnik
  5. keened: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. keened: Wiktionary
  7. keened: Dictionary.com
  8. keened: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. keened: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Keen)

adjective:  (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
adjective:  Fierce, intense, vehement.
adjective:  Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
adjective:  Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
adjective:  Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
adjective:  Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
adjective:  (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
adjective:  (US, informal, dated) Marvelous.
adjective:  (obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
verb:  (transitive, rare) To make cold, to sharpen.
noun:  A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
verb:  (intransitive) To utter a keen.
verb:  (transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
verb:  (transitive) To mourn.
noun:  A surname.
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