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ge-cnáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-cnáwan, ic -cnáwe, ðú -cnáwest, -cnǽwst, he -cnáweþ, -cnǽwþ, pl. -cnáwaþ; p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen
To know, perceive, understand, recognise; noscere, agnoscere, sentire, cognoscere
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  • Ne meahton [meahtan MS.] ða ðæs fugles flyht gecnáwan

    they might not know the bird's flight,

    • Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 654
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 12, 46
      • ;
    • Met. 12, 23
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 4101
      • ;
    • B. 2047
      • .

  • Ðonne ðæt gecnáweþ fláh feónd gemáh

    when the deceitful impious fiend knows that,

    • Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 17
      • ;
    • Wal. 38
      • .

  • Heonon-forþ ge hyne gecnáwaþ

    henceforth ye shall know him,

    • Jn. Bos. 14, 7
      • .

  • He ðæt gecneów

    he knew that,

    • Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 930
      • :
    • Mk, Bos. 14, 69
      • .

  • Ðá he ða lác gecneów

    qui agnitis muneribus,

    • Gen. 38, 26
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú gecnáwe ðæt ðis is sóþ

    that thou may know that this is true,

    • Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 27
      • ;
    • Jul. 356
      • .

  • Hí hine gecneówon

    cognoverunt eum,

    • Mk. Bos. 6, 54
      • .

  • Gif mín fæder me handlaþ and me gecnǽwþ

    if my father handleth me and knows me,

    • Gen. 27, 12
      • .

  • Ic ðæt gecneów

    I perceived that,

    • Exon.72 a; Th. 269, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 443
      • .

  • Ge mágon sóþ gecnáwan

    ye may know the truth,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3115
      • ;
    • An, 1560 : 3032
      • ;
    • An. 1519
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl, 1413
      • ;
    • El. 708
      • .

  • Ðæt geðeóde ðe we ealle gecnáwan mægen

    the language that we can all understand,

    • Past. Swt. 6, 8
      • .

  • Ic hafu gecnáwen ðæt ðú Hǽlend eart middangeardes

    I have perceived that thou art the Saviour of the world,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1613
      • ;
    • El. 808
      • .

  • Ðú miht ða sóðan gesǽlþa gecnáwan

    thou mayest recognise the true goods,

    • Bt. 23; Fox 78, 32; 80, 2
      • .
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v.  ge-cneów.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cnáwan.” 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/13918.

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