Ge-cnyttan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cnyttan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -cnyhtan; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-cnyttan

p. -cnytte; pp. -cnytted, -cnytt, -cnyt [cnyttan to tie] To tie or fasten to, to annex; adnectĕre, allīgāre :-- Gecnyttan adnectĕre, Cot. 4. Bende gicnyhtest vinculo nexius ti, Rtl. 108, 21. Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt. Bos. 18, 6. Gecnyt, Mk. Bos. 9, 42 : Lk. Bos. 17, 2. Gicnyht, Rtl. 109, 41; Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44. [Laym. i-cnutten; p. pl. knotted.] ge-cnyttan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚾᚣᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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