Ge-cnáwan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cnáwan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-cnáwan
- Add: I. to recognize, identify an object :-- Mid ðám þe ꝥ mód wiþ his bewende, ðá gecneów hit swíþe sweotele his ágne módor, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 29. Eft hine gecneów óðer þínen, Mk. 14, 69. Beheóld hé hí and gecneów hí be hyre wlite, Hml. S. 30, 363. Hélias cóm, and hig hyne ne gecneówon (cognouerunt), Mt. 17, 12. Þá wurdon hyra eágan geopenude, and hig gecneówon hine, Lk. 24, 31. Heó helode hire nebb, þæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan (ne agnosceretur), Gen. 38, 15. Gif þú nú sweotole gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre gesǽlþe, ðonne is þearf ꝥ ic þé hí selfe getǽce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 118, 35. Hí hí gecnáwan móston, ꝥ hiacute; gebróðra synd, Hml. S. 30, 377. II. to acknowledge, (1) a person :-- Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71, 33. (l a) where a payment is made as acknowledgement :-- Ys ðis seó oncnáwennis ðe hé hæfð God mid gecnáwen ... on circlicum mádmum, Cht. Th. 429, 8. (2) a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, pay respect to the clergy), Ll. Th. i. 362, 5. Gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on ðám endum ðe tó efenlǽse licgan, 440, 12. III. to know, be acquainted with :-- Hié hæfdon míne ǽ, and hí mé ne gecniówon (-cnéwon, v.l.) tenentes legem nescierunt me, Past. 29, 1. IV. to know, be conversant with a subject :-- Sé þe Godes bebodu ne gecnǽwð hic, qui ea quae sunt Domini nescit, Past. 29, 1. V. to have a clear apprehension of :-- Mon mæg sweotole ongitan, ꝥ ǽlc mon ðæs wilnaþ, ꝥ hé mæge ꝥ héhste gód begitan, ðǽr hí hit gecnáwan mihtan, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 35. Sió ungleáwnes biþ on þé selfum, ꝥ ðú hit ne canst on riht gecnáwan, 39, 10; F. 226, 34. VI. to be cognizant of a fact, understand :-- Gecnáwað (cf. understandaþ, 7) þæt sóð is, ðeós woruld is on ofste, Wlfst. 154, 4. Wé habbað þurh Godes yrre bysmor gelóme, gecnáwe sé ðe cunne, 159, 2: 162, 2. Þǽr gewitnysse bið and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde bið, Ll. Th. i. 390, 12. Wé on þám gecnáwan magon ꝥ þeós world is scyndende and heononweard, Bl. H. 115, 19. VI a. with dependent question :-- Swá blinde ꝥ hí on breóstum ne magon gecnáwan (cf. hí nyton, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 22) hwǽr þá écan good sindon gehýdda, Met. 19, 31. VII. to make known, declare :-- Gyf ǽnig mann sý ꝥ ... secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde, ic wylle ꝥ hé cume beforan mé mid his sweotelunge and dóme gecnáwe hwǽr ic hig him ǽr geúðe, C.D. iv. 222, 32. v. un-gecnáwen. ge-cnawan