pp. [ge-]cnóden. I. to impute, attribute:--Gif hwæt welgedónes bið, ðonne cnódað him ðæt ealle ðá ðe him under-ðiédde bióð mid herenesse omnes subditi, si qua bene gesta sunt, laudibus efferunt, Past. 111, 3. II. to attribute, call by a person's name, name after a person:--Þone tún mon his naman cneódeð (cweðeþ, ) cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Wæs se heretéma (Theodoric) Críste gecnóden (cf. hé wæs Crísten, Bt. 1; F. 2, 6) the leader bore the Christian name, Met. 1, 32. [For meanings cf. Icel. kenna to impute; to name.] cnodan,cneodan