For-cnidan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-cnidan

p. ic, he -cnád, ðú -cnide, , -cnyde, pl. -cnidon; pp. -cniden To beat or break into pieces, dash or throw down; comminuĕre, contĕrĕre, collidére:-- Ic gewanie oððe forcníde hig swá swá dust commĭnuam eos ut pulvĕrem, Ps. Spl. 17, 44. Ealle trumnysse hláfes he forcnád omne firmāmentum pānis contrīvit, 104, 15. Setl his on lande ðú forcnyde sēdem ejus in terra collīsisti, 88, 43.

Related words: for-gnídan. for-cnidan