Cnyllan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cnyllan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-cnyllan. cnyllan

Definitions

1 cnyllan

Add: I. to strike, knock, clap:--Tósomne cnyllaþ conliserint, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 66. Cnyllan complodere vel concutere, conlidere, 133, 5. II. to strike a door, knock:--Cnyllas gé pulsate . . . ðǽm cnyllende (cnyllenda, p. 15, 7) pulsanti, Mt. L. 7, 7, 8. III. to strike, ring a bell:--Þonne þone óðerne cnyll cnylð (þonne mon eft cnylle, R. Ben. 74, 7) dum secundum signum pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 82, 13. Þænne se cyrcwerd tácn cnylle, Angl. xiii. 398, 475. Swilce hé gehwǽde bellan cnyllan, Tech. ii. 118, 9. Sí cnylled ꝥ forme tácn, Angl. xiii. 391, 374.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚾᚣᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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