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Grammar
cnapa, cnafa.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
Dele cnafa (q. v.) and bracket at end, and add:
a lad
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  • Cúðberht þá þá hé git cnapa wæs,

      Hml. S. 26, 279.

  • Sende þone cnapan mid mé

    send the lad with me,

      Gen. 43, 8.

  • Geonge cild and stíðe cnapan

    pueri vel adolescentiores aetate,

      R. Ben. 53, 21.

  • Geongum cnapum

    pueris minore aetate,

      64, 3.

  • Of þám iungum cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg . . . and of þám cnapum ys þæt kynn git gehwǽr,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 21.
a (young) man in service,
a servant (take here Coll. M. 19, 27: Gen. 22,
    3, 5, 19 given under
in Dict.)
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  • Mín cnapa líð on mínum húse lama,

      Mt. 8, 6: 12, 18.

  • His cnapa wæs áwéd ðurh deófol . . . Se áwyrgeda gást gewát of ðámmen,

      Hml. Th. ii. 510, 32.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. knape. O. Frs. knapa: O. L. Ger. knapo: Icel. knapi.]
Similar entries
v. hirde-, munuc-cnapa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cnapa.” 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/41921.

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