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CNYTTAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CNYTTAN, p.cnittan; cnytte; pp. cnytted, cnytt, cnyt
Wright's OE grammar
§43; §112; §527;
To tie, bind, KNIT; nectere, nexere, ligare
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  • Ic cnytte

    necto

    • Ælfc. Gr. 36;
    • Som. 38, 22.
  • Ic cnytte MS. C. cnitte

    nexo

    • 36;
    • Som. 38, 23: 28, 3;
    • Som. 30, 61.
  • Genim ðysse ylcan coliandran sǽd, endlufon corn oððe þreóttyne, cnyte mid ánum þrǽde

    take seed of this same coriander, eleven or thirteen grains, knit them with a thread

    • Herb. 104, 2;
    • Lchdm. i. 218, 20.
Etymology
Prompt. knyttyn nodo, confedero:
Wyc. knyt, knyttide, pp.
Piers P. knytte.
R. Brun. knytte.
Chauc. knitte.
Laym. icnutten, p. pl. knotted
Plat. knutten nodare
Dut. knotten to tie
Kil. knodden nodare
Ger. knoten,knöten nodare
Dan. knytte to knit
Swed. knyta to knit,tie
Icel. knytja to knit together
Lat. nodare to tie
Sansk. nah to bind, tie
Derived forms
be-cnyttan,, ge-,, un-
Linked entries
v.  be-cnyttan cnittan.
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