Ge-cnǽwe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cnǽwe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-cnǽwe
adj. Knowing, conscious, aware, acknowledging; cognoscens, conscius :-- Se synfulla stód feorran, gecnǽwe his misdǽda the sinful stood afar off, conscious of his misdeeds, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 27. Se cwellere bæd forgifenysse, gecnǽwe his mánes the murderer prayed for forgiveness, acknowledging his crime, 510, 20. We sind gecnǽwe ðæt . . . we are aware that . . . , 378, 9. Híg ealle wǽron ðæs gecnǽwe omnes testimonium illi dabant, Lk. Bos. 4, 22. ge-cnæwe
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