Cneów

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cneów

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es ; Related words: cneó. cneow

Definitions

1 cneów

n, I. a knee; genu :-- Cneów genu, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 87; Wrt. Voc. 44, 69: 71, 52. Heó on cneów sette she knelt down, Elen. Kmbl. 2270; El. 1136: Ps. Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him, Mt. Bos. 27, 29. II. a generation; generatio :-- In ðære þeóde awóc his ðæt þridde cneów in that nation rose the third generation from him, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 16; Dan. 676.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚾᛖᚩᚹ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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