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  • Nǽfra ic oncneáwu (

    novi

    ) iúih,
      Mt. L. 7, 23.

  • Helias cuóm and ne oncneáwn

    (cognoverunt)

    hine,
      17, 12. (l b),
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  • Hé suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw swá hé undruncenra wæs

    malum, quod fecerat, cognoscere potuit, quia hoc ebrius non audivit,

      Past. 295, 8.

  • For þám þe ðú ne oncneówe (oncnéuðú,

      L., oncnáwðú, R.) þá tíde þínre geneósunge, Lk. 19, 44.

  • Ðæt forlor hira frécennesse ðonne hié hit encnáwen

    perditionis suae discrimina vel cognita,

      Past. 403, 14.

  • Ðone ðeódscip ꝥte oncnéwa

    (agnosceret),

      Mk. p. 2, 3.
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  • Þás mǽrsunga wé oncnáwaþ

    (cognoscimus)

    wesan gefyllede,
      An. Ox. 40, 11.

  • Þá dómas þe ic oncneów þé sylfne secgean

    judicia quae te dixisse cognovi,

      Gr. D. 139, 12.

  • Lufe gecneordlǽcan synden oncnáwene affectum exercere noscuntur, An. Ox, 242. (βα) with complement :-- Þone áworpenne hí oncnáwaþ

    quem reprobatum cognoscunt,

      An. Ox. 40, 7 : 23.
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  • Ðá se Hǽlend ꝥ on his gáste oncneów (

    quo cognito spiritu suo

    ) ꝥ hí swá betwux him þóhton,
      Mis. 2, 8.

  • Þá oncneóu se Godes man ꝥ hé féran ne móste,

      Bd. 5, 9 ; Sch. 595, 16.

  • Ðæt hié oncnáwæn tó hwǽm hiera ágen wíse wirð

    ut ad cognitionem sui revocentur,

      Past. 265, 23.

  • Þæt hié oncnéwen hú God þá rícu sette,

      Ors. 2, 1; S. 63, 35.
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  • Oncneáwu ł ongæt

    intelligit,

      Mt. L. 13, 19.
  • Oncnǽw, 23.

  • Ne oncnǽu gé

    non intelligetis,

    14.

  • Oncneáw gié

    intellexistis,

    51.

  • Oncneáun (-cneówan, R.)

    intellexerant,

      Mk. L. 6, 52.

  • Ꝥte oncnéwe intellegeret, Mk. p. 2, 4. II a.

    to know by experience

    :-- Gif ðú ꝥ ne dést, þú scealt oncnáwan þone gesettan dóm,
      Ap. Th. 5, 9.
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to acknowledge the claims of a person
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  • Críst ne oncnǽwð mid ǽnigum góde þá unclǽnan weófodþegnas,

      Ll. Th. ii. 382, 6.

  • Ne gedafenaþ þé . . . þæt þú andsware mid oferhygdum séce sárcwide ; sélre byð ǽghwám þæt hé eáðmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúðlíce,

      An. 322.

  • Sé ðe Godes bebodu ne gecnǽwð, ne bið hé oncnáwen from Gode,

      Past. 29, 1.
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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/56467.

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