In-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

In-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es ; Related words:

Definitions

1 in-cniht

m. A servant in a house, household or domestic servant :-- Incniht cliens vel clientulus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 80. Incniht parasitus, cliens, domesticus, Hpt. Gl. 427, 483, 514. Se hláford gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta the master gathered together a great many of his household servants, Homl. Th. i. 502, 13. [O. L. Ger. in-kneht apparitor : O. H. Ger. in-kneht vernaculus, servus vel domigena, verna, inquilinus, apparitor.] in-cniht

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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