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tó-cnáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen
To discern, distinguish, know the difference between, understand
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  • Tócnáweþ discernit Blickl. Gl. Tócnáwen [beón]

    dinosci, inlellegi.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 30.
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  • Wé geseóþ þurh úre eágan and ealle ðing tócnáwaþ

    by means of our eyes we see and distinguish all things,

      Homl. Th. ii. 372, 27.

  • Ðurh ða gesceádwísnesse wé tócnáwaþ good and yfel and geceósaþ ðæt gód and áweorpaþ ðæt yfel

    per discretionem virtutes eligimus, delicta reprobamus,

      Past. 11; Swt. 65, 22.

  • Ða scearpþanclan witan ðe ðone twydǽledan wísdóm hlútorlíce tócnáwaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 440, 29.

  • Him is neód ðæt hé his ágene wódnesse tócnáwe

    it is necessary for him to discern his own madness.

      Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29.

  • Cunne gé tócnáwan heofones híw

    faciem coeli dijudicare nostis,

      Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.

  • Man mihte his líf. tðcnáwan

    potuit ejus vita dinosci,

      R. Ben. 108. 15: Homl. Th. ii. 154, 25.

  • Irreoft ámirreþ monnes mód, ðæt hé ne mæg ðæt riht tócnáwan,

      Prov. Kmbl. 28 : Homl. Th. i. 108, 23.

  • Geseón and tócnáwan ǽgðer ge gód ge yfel

    to see good and evil and know the difference between them,

      18, 4.

  • Heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce tócnáwan

    not one of them could understand another's speech,

      318, 20.

  • Heó ða mód ðé geopenaþ ðínra freónda and eác ðínra feónda, ðæt ðú hié miht swutele tócnáwan . . . Mid hú micelan feó woldest ðú habban geboht, ðæt ðú swutole mihtest tócnáwan ðíne frínd and ðíne fýnd,

      Bt. 20 ; Fox 72, 13-21.

  • Hí cræftas and unþeáwas ne cunnon tócnáwan

    they cannot distinguish virtues and vices,

      36, 6 ; Fox 180, 30.

  • Lǽcas cunnon ǽlces medtrumnesse ongitan and tócnáwan

    medicus aegritudinis modum dignoscit,

      39, 9; Fox 226, 17.

  • Priscianus segþ ðæt man sceal tócnáwan ǽlces dǽles mihte and getácnunge and swá undergytan hwæt hé sý ná be ðære declinunge

    Priscian says, that we must distinguish the force and signification of each part of speech, and in this way, not by the declension, understand what it is,

      Ælfc. Gr. 18 ; Zup. 111, 14.
  • Nis nán ðing tócnáwen on sóðre eáwfæstnesse, ðæt his láreówdóm ne gestaðelode. Homl. Th. i. 392, 18.
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  • Wé tócnáwaþ his ríce and úre ríce ðǽr áwritene, ðǽr wé ǽr swilce be óðrum mannum gereccednesse rǽddon

    we discern his kingdom and our kingdom there described, where before we read the account as if about other men,

      Homl. Th. ii. 64, 29.

  • Ða tungelwítegan tócneówon Crist sóðne mann

    the astrologers discerned that Christ was really man,

    i. 106, 33
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  • Gif wé gleáwlíce tócnáwaþ, ðæt se swymmenda arc getácnode Godes gelaðunge,

      Homl. Th. ii. 60, 2.

  • On ðam múðe wé habbaþ swæcc, and tócnáwaþ hwæðer hit biþ ðe wered ðe biter ðæt wé ðicgaþ,

      372, 29.
  • Ðæt ðeós menigu tócnáwe, ðæt ðis hǽðengyld deófles biggeng is, i. 72, 3.

  • Hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre,

      14, 4.
  • Tócnáwan. ðæt ús is twyfeald neód, ii. 284, 23: Lchdm. iii. 236, 10 : Homl. Ass. 107, 150.

  • Ðus ðú miht tócnáwan, hwænne nama cymþ of worde, hwænne word of naman,

      Ælfc. Gr. 36 ; Zup. 216. 5.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30627.

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