Add: I. to strike, knock, clap:--Tósomne cnyllaþ conliserint, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 66. Cnyllan complodere vel concutere, conlidere, 133, 5. II. to strike a door, knock:--Cnyllas gé pulsate . . . ðǽm cnyllende (cnyllenda, p. 15, 7) pulsanti, Mt. L. 7, 7, 8. III. to strike, ring a bell:--Þonne þone óðerne cnyll cnylð (þonne mon eft cnylle, R. Ben. 74, 7) dum secundum signum pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 82, 13. Þænne se cyrcwerd tácn cnylle, Angl. xiii. 398, 475. Swilce hé gehwǽde bellan cnyllan, Tech. ii. 118, 9. Sí cnylled ꝥ forme tácn, Angl. xiii. 391, 374.