Cnossian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cnossian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he cnossaþ; Related words:

Definitions

1 cnossian

p. ode; pp. od To beat, strike, dash; tundi, quassari, illidi :-- Yða gewealc mec oft bigeat, æt nacan stefnan, ðonne he be clifum cnossaþ the rolling of the waves has often caught me, at the vessel's prow, when it strikes on rocks, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 15; Seef. 8. cnossian

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚾᚩᛋᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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