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to strike, knock, clap
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  • Tósomne cnyllaþ

    conliserint,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 66.
  • Cnyllan complodere vel

    concutere, conlidere,

      133, 5.
to strike a door,
knock
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  • Cnyllas gé pulsate . . . ðǽm cnyllende (cnyllenda, p. 15, 7)

    pulsanti,

      Mt. L. 7, 7, 8.
to strike, ring a bell
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  • Þonne þone óðerne cnyll cnylð (þonne mon eft cnylle, R. Ben. 74, 7)

    dum secundum signum pulsaverit,

      R. Ben. I. 82, 13.
  • Þænne se cyrcwerd tácn cnylle,

      Angl. xiii. 398, 475.
  • Swilce hé gehwǽde bellan cnyllan,

      Tech. ii. 118, 9.
  • Sí cnylled ꝥ forme tácn,

      Angl. xiii. 391, 374.
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