Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

CNYSSAN

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
CNYSSAN, cnysan; part. cnyssende; p. cnyssede, cnysede, cnysde, cnyste; pp. cnyssed
Wright's OE grammar
§526;
To press, trouble, toss, strike, dash, beat, overcome; premere, tribulare, pulsare, contundere, vincere
Show examples

  • Ic wæs hearde cnyssed

    I was hard pressed

    • Ps. Th. 117, 13.

  • Ne lǽt úsic costunga cnyssan tó swíðe

    let not temptations trouble us too much

    • Exon. 122a;
    • Th. 469, 7;
    • Hy. 5, 9.

  • Me costunge MS. costunce cnyssaþ

    trials trouble me

    • Ps. Th. 63, 1:
    • Exon. 81b;
    • Th. 308, 2;
    • Seef. 33.

  • Me costunge cnyssedan

    trials troubled me

    • Ps. Th. 65, 13: 85, 6: 114, 4.

  • Cnysedon

    • 58, 17.

  • Cnysdon

    • 119, 1.

  • Cnysdan

    • 118, 143: 137, 7.

  • Se storm biþ cnyssende ðæt scip

    the storm is tossing the ship

    • Past. 9, 2;
    • Hat. MS. 13b, 10.

  • Ne mec sceal ámas cnyssan

    the weaver's reeds shall not strike me

    • Exon. 109a;
    • Th. 417, 22;
    • Rä. 36, 8.

  • Cnysseþ ðæt sár on ða rib

    the sore striketh upon the ribs

    • L. M. 2, 46;
    • Lchdm. ii. 258, 3.

  • Ne se hearda forst cnyseþ ǽnigne

    the hard frost strikes not any

    • Exon. 56b;
    • Th. 201, 21;
    • Ph. 59.

  • He cnyste Petres sídan

    he struck Peter's side

    • Homl. Th. ii. 382, 7.

  • Ðás stánhleoðu stormas cnyssaþ

    storms dash these stony rocks

    • Exon. 78a;
    • Th. 292, 19;
    • Wand. 101.

  • Gaius Inlius se Cásere Brettas mid gefeohte cnysede

    Caius Julius Ctesar beat the Britons in battle

    • Chr. Erl. 4, 24.

  • Ahteniense bí mid gefeohte cnysedon

    the Athenians beat them in battle

    • Ors. 3, 1;
    • Bos. 53, 5.

  • Ðæt hine ne cnysse sió wilnung

    lest desire overcome him

    • Past. 19, 1;
    • Hat. MS. 28a, 6.
Etymology
Scot. knuse
to press down with the knees
Plat. knusen
to squeeze
Frs. Japx. kniesen
to bruise
Dut. kneuzen
to bruise
Kil. knisschen
terere, quassare
Ger. knüssen
to push, beat
M. H. Ger. knüsen, knüssen
to press, push, beat
O. H. Ger. knusjan, kimssan
concutere
Goth. knussyan
to press down
Dan. knuse
to bruise
Swed.
knusa to bruise
Icel.
knosa to bruise, beat.
Derived forms
a-cnyssan,, ge-,, on-,, to-,, úta-
Linked entries
v.  a-cnyssan cnyss.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CNYSSAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6487.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • CNYSSAN, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.