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Cnódan, cneódan

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1 cnódan, cneódan

pp. [ge-]cnóden. I. to impute, attribute:--Gif hwæt welgedónes bið, ðonne cnódað him ðæt ealle ðá ðe him under-ðiédde bióð mid herenesse omnes subditi, si qua bene gesta sunt, laudibus efferunt, Past. 111, 3. II. to attribute, call by a person's name, name after a person:--Þone tún mon his naman cneódeð (cweðeþ, ) cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Wæs se heretéma (Theodoric) Críste gecnóden (cf. hé wæs Crísten, Bt. 1; F. 2, 6) the leader bore the Christian name, Met. 1, 32. [For meanings cf. Icel. kenna to impute; to name.] cnodan,cneodan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚾᚩᛞᚪᚾ, ᚳᚾᛖᚩᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
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