Cnucian, cnocian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

cnucian, cnocian

Add: I. intrans. To knock at a door:--Sóna þænne cnucað (cnocige, cnucige, R. Ben. 126, 21) mox ut aliquis pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 112, 9. Heó on þǽre cýtan duru cnocode, Hml. A. 196, 26. Gif hé þurhwunað cnuciende (pulsans), R. Ben. I. 95, 14: Hml. Th. i. 248, 21. Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml. S. 10, 110. II. trans. (1) to knock, strike, hit:--Þá stánas wendon swá ꝥ ðá cwelleras hí sylfe cnucodon, Hml. S. 11, 101. Hét hé mid stánum ðæs hálgan múð cnucian, Hml. Th. i. 428, 32: 432, 3: ii. 422, 25. Sí cnucud pulsetur (tabula), Angl. xiii. 431, 951. (2) to pound:--Cnuca ealle tósomne swíðe smale, Lch. iii. 56, 21. Cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, 14, 11. cnucian,cnocian