Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
Entry preview:
And then all the fleet chose Cnut for king Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 20-22.
CNIHT
A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus
Entry preview:
A boy, youth, attendant, servant, KNIGHT: hence the modern knights of a shire are so called because theyserve the shire; puer juvenis, adolescens, servus Sum lytel sweltende cniht a little dying boy Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 23: Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 43. Tyn wintra
CNÍF
A KNIFE; ⬩ culter ⬩ cultellus ⬩ artavus ⬩ cultellus
Entry preview:
A KNIFE; culter, cultellus, artavus, Low Latin = cultellus Cníf artavus Wrt. Voc. 82, 40
CNEÓ
a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus
Entry preview:
a KNEE; genu Ðæt he on cneó lecge honda and heáfod that he lays his hands and head on his knee Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 3; Wand. 42. Me synt cneówu unhále genua mea infirmata sunt Ps. Th. 108, 24. Cneówu genua Wrt. Voc. 283, 68. Hie on cneówum sǽton they
Linked entry: cneów
cniht
Entry preview:
Add: a youth Scipia wæs cniht ( adolescens ), Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 12. Ic eom cnioht ( puer ), Past. 49, 7. Hé his cnieht lǽrde: 'Sunu mín,' 287, 10. Se drý wearþ fǽringa geong cniht and sóna eft eald man, Bl. H. 175, 3. Hé þone cniht
cnop
Entry preview:
a knob, button Cnop ballationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 55: 7, 73
cníf
Entry preview:
Wrít þysne circul mid þínes cnífes orde on ánum mealan stáne, Lch. i. 395, 3. Add
cniht
Entry preview:
a member of a young men's guild (?) Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 613, 33. Ego Æðelhelm and cniahta gegildan (cf. (?) N. E. D. knighten-gild), C. D. B. ii. 128, 32. add. Gif cniht ǽpen
cnyht
a boy ⬩ youth
Entry preview:
a boy, youth Exon. 121a; Th. 463, 33; Hö. 79: 55a; Th. 195, 32; Az. 165: Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219
cnep
a top ⬩ summit
Entry preview:
a top, summit Glos. Prudent. Recd. 147, 55
cnot-mǽlum
Entry preview:
glosses strictim, Angl. xiii. 35, 201. v. next word
cneó-mǽgas
Relations of the same sex or the same generation ⬩ consanguinei
Entry preview:
Relations of the same sex or the same generation; consanguinei Cneówmǽgas relations Cd. 83; Th. 104, 11; Gen. 1733. From cneómǽgum from their relations Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 8; Æðelst. 8. Enos ongon, mid ðám cneómágum, ceastre timbran Enoch began, with
Linked entry: cneów-mǽgas
cnuwian
To knock, ⬩ pound ⬩ pinsere
Entry preview:
To knock, pound; pinsere Genim læfre neoðowearde, cnuwa and wring take the netherward part of a bulrush, pound it and wring Lchdm. i. 382, 18. Cnua beolenan pound henbane L. M. 3, 50; Lchdm. ii. 340, 15
Linked entry: cnuian
CNYTTAN
To tie ⬩ bind ⬩ KNIT; ⬩ nectere ⬩ nexere ⬩ ligare
Entry preview:
To tie, bind, KNIT; nectere, nexere, ligare Ic cnytte necto Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 22. Ic cnytte MS. C. cnitte nexo 36; Som. 38, 23: 28, 3; Som. 30, 61. Genim ðysse ylcan coliandran sǽd, endlufon corn oððe þreóttyne, cnyte mid ánum þrǽde take seed of
Linked entries: be-cnyttan cnittan
ceáp-cniht
A hired servant, a slave ⬩ emptitius
Entry preview:
A hired servant, a slave; emptitius Cot. 72
Linked entry: cépe-cniht
cépe-cniht
A bought servant, slave ⬩ venalis puer, servus
Entry preview:
A bought servant, slave; venalis puer, servus Gregorius geseah cépecnihtas ðǽr gesette Gregory saw slaves placed there, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 7
cýpe-cniht
A bought servant, slave ⬩ venalis puer, servus
Entry preview:
A bought servant, slave; venalis puer, servus Ðá geseah he cýpecnihtas he then saw slaves, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 18
leornung-cniht
scholar ⬩ disciple
Entry preview:
A youth engaged in study, scholar, disciple Leorningcniht discipulus vel mathites, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 99; Wrt. Voc. 46, 56. Nys se leorningcniht ofer his láreów non est discipulus super magistrum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 24. Sí ðú his leorningcniht, wé synt