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on-cnáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen
Wright's OE grammar
§654;
To know; noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere
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  • Ic oncnáwe nosco, cognosco, ic ancnáwe

    agnosco,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 31-32.

  • Tó angitanne and tó oncnáwenne

    animadverti,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 44.

  • Beón oncnáwen

    conici

    (cf.
      23, 50), 23, 78.
to know, recognise,
to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish,
of persons
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  • Se oxa oncneów his hláford,

      Homl. Th. i. 42, 25.

  • Hí hine (

    Jesus

    ) on ðam gereorde oncneówon, ðone ðe hí ne mihton on onwrigennysse háliges gewrites oncnáwan,
      284, 33-34.

  • Ðæt is éce líf, ðæt hí ðé oncnáwon sóðne God, and ðone ðe ðú ásendest,

      42, 14: ii. 362, 22.

  • Frán hwæðer hit oncneówe his fóstermódor,

      Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 28.

  • Ðeáh ðe hé wundra fela gecýðde, synnige ne mihton oncnáwan ðæt cynebearn,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1131; An. 566.

  • Hé is ancnáwen

    dinoscitur, agnoscitur,

      Hpt. Gl. 440, 32.

  • Ðú wǽre ǽfre fǽmne oncnáwen,

      Glostr. Frag. 106, 8.

  • Biþ oncnáwen Drihten dómas wyrcende

    cognoscetur Dominus judicia faciens,

      Ps. Spl. 9, 17.
of things
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  • Heáh feorran hé oncnáwaþ

    alta a longe cognoscit,

      137, 7.

  • Ná ic hit swá oncneów swá hit ðín ǽ hafaþ

    I did not recognise it (what was said) as what is in thy law,

      Ps. Th. 118, 85.

  • Ic his word oncneów, ðéh hé his mǽgwlite bemiðen hæfde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1710; An. 857: Beo. Th. 5102; B. 2554.

  • Se assa oncneów his hláfordes binne,

      Homl. Th. i. 42, 25.

  • Ðæt ðú oncnáwe (

    cognoscas

    ) ðara worda sóðfæstnesse,
      Lk. Skt. 1, 4.

  • Ðæt ðás nytenan menn ðíne mihta oncnáwon,

      Homl. Th. i. 62, 14.

  • Hié ðæt ongeotan ne cúðan, ðæt hié gehýrdon, ne ðæt oncnáwan ne mihton ðæt hié gesáwon,

      Blickl. Homl. 105, 29: 95, 10.

  • Ðú meaht sóða gesǽlþa sóna oncnáwan,

      Met. 12, 30: Elen. Kmbl. 790; El. 395.

  • Oncnáwan hwǽr wé sǽlan sceolon sundhengestas,

      Exon. Th. 54, 1; Cri. 862.

  • Ðíne fótswaða nǽron oncnáwene,

      Ps. Lamb. 76, 20.
to recognise a fact (which is generally stated in a clause beginning with
ðæt)
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  • Wundra weorc ðíne and sáwle mín oncnáweþ (

    knows that thy works are wonderful

    ),
      Ps. Spl. 138, 13.

  • Be ðam oncnáwaþ ealle men, ðæt gé synt mine leorningcnihtas,

      Jn. Skt. 13, 35.

  • Ic oncneów (

    cognovi

    ) ðæt ðú ondrǽtst swýðe
      God, Gen. 22, 12.

  • Ðá se déma ðæt oncneów and ongæt (

    persensit

    ), ðæt hé hine oferswíðan ne mihte,
      Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 1: 5, 9; S. 623, 21.

  • Ðá cwæþ eal folc ðæt hé Godes sunu wǽre, and ðæt fulfremedlíce oncneówan,

      Blickl. Homl. 177, 20.

  • Hig oncneówon, ðæt hig nacode wǽron,

      Gen. 3, 7; Mk. Skt. 12, 12.

  • Oncnáw ðæt míne welan syndon gewitene,

      Blickl. Homl. 113, 24.

  • Tó ðam earde ðe fléwþ meolce and hunige, swá swá gé of ðissum wæstmum oncnáwan mágon,

      Num. 13, 28.

  • Geseón and oncnáwan and swiðe gearelíce ongeotan ðæt ðisses middangeardes ende neáh is,

      Blickl. Homl. 107, 22: 115, 5.

  • Be ðam man mihte oncnáwan ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge,

      Byrht. Th. 131, 16; By. 9.
to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of
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  • Gyt gé ne oncnáwaþ ne ne ongitaþ,

      Mk. Skt. 8, 17.

  • Ðú míne geþohtas oncneówe

    intellexisti cogitationes meas,

      Ps. Th. 138, 2, 3.

  • Ðá oncneówon hig be ðam worde

    cognoverunt de verbo,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 17: Homl. Th. i. 30, 32.

  • Hé ða yldestan lǽrde, ðæt heó wísdómes word oncneówan,

      Ps. Th. 104, 18.

  • Ða mægnu tweónedon be ðære gýtsunge, ðæt hió fullíce hió ne oncnéwon,

      Gl. Prud. 64 a.
    Oncnáwaþ ða ðing ðe eówre bearn nyton, Deut. 11, 2.

  • Dysige ðæt oncnáwan

    stulti sapite,

      Ps. Th. 93, 8.

  • Ic ðínra worda ne mæg wuht oncnáwan,

      Cd. Th. 34, 8; Gen. 534.

  • Oncnáwan, hú hine lýgnedon leáse,

      Exon. Th. 69, 12; Cri. 1119.
to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive
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  • Gif ic mé unrihtes oncneów áwiht on heortan

    iniquitatem si conspexi in corde meo,

      Ps. Th. 65, 16.

  • Oncnáw onsýne Cristes ðínes

    respice in faciem christi tui,

      83, 9.

  • Oncnáw paþas míne

    cognoscite semitas meas,

      Ps. Spl. 138, 22.

  • Ða deóflu æteówiaþ ðære synfullan sáwle hyre mánfullan dǽda, ðæt heó oncnáwe mid hwilcum feóndum heó ymbset biþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 410, 9.
to acknowledge,
make acknowledgment of a fault
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  • Wé oncnáwaþ eal ðæt wé geworhton onworldríce, ne mágon we hit dyrnan,

      Hy. Grn. 7, 90.

  • Ðæt hé mihte oncnáwan his mánfullan dǽda on ðam hæftnéde,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 21.
to acknowledge a greeting
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  • Iosep hig oncneów árfullíce

    clementer resalutatis eis,

      Gen. 43, 27.
to acknowledge the power of another (?)
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  • Elias eorl ðe ða Mannie of ðam cynge geheóld and oncneów (-cweow,

      MS.), Chr. 1110; Erl. 243, 11.
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v.  an-cnáwan be-cnáwan á-cnáwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-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/24487.

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