Ge-cnǽwe
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cnǽwe
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-cnǽwe
- Add; ,-cnáwe. I. of persons. (1) acknowledging the accuracy of a statement :-- 'Þis gewrit is gefylled.' And hig ealle wǽron þæs gecnáwe, Lk. 4, 22. (2) acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. (a) with gen. :-- Nú cýdde mé man þet Aðelwold and ic sceoldon ofneádian þá bóc ... Nú ne eom ic nánre neáde gecnéwe, Cht. Th. 296, 1. Hí feóllon tó his fótum áfyrhte, gecnǽwe heora gyltes (cf. wǽron andettende ꝥ hí gegylt hæfdon se deliquisse confessi sunt, Gr. D. 127, 17), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 7. Hí þǽr wunedon, gecnǽwe heora synna, Hml. A. 102, 15. (b) with clause :-- Ic ne eom gecnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne ... gyf ǽnig mann secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde ... C.D. imade him confess) ... ꝥ hé hit wæs. Hml. S. 30, 274. (3) cognizant of :-- Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt, Cht. Th. 313, 18. Se cing cwæð ꝥ Leófsige and mænige men ðǽre, spǽce gecnǽwe wǽron, 540, 12. II. of things, acknowledged, recognized as valid :-- Hit wæs gecnǽwe on Súð-Seaxan and on West-Seaxan, Cht, Th. 273, 19. ge-cnæwe