An instrument used for writing, usually made of the quill of some large fowl, but it may be of any other material.

A feather, a wing.

pret. and pp. penned. To write; to compose and commit to paper.

A small inclosure for beasts, as for cows or sheep.

pret. and pp. penned or pent. To shut in a pen; to confine in a small inclosure; to coop; to confine in a narrow place, usually followed by up, which is redundant.