cnocian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of cnocian

Infinitive

cnocian
cnocienne

Participles

Presentcnociende
Past(ġe)cnocod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.cnociġe
2nd sing.cnocast
3rd sing.cnocaþ
1st plur.cnociaþ
2nd plur.cnociaþ
3rd plur.cnociaþ

Past

1st sing.cnocode
2nd sing.cnocodest
3rd sing.cnocode
1st plur.cnocodon
2nd plur.cnocodon
3rd plur.cnocodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.cnociġe
2nd sing.cnociġe
3rd sing.cnociġe
1st plur.cnociġen
2nd plur.cnociġen
3rd plur.cnociġen

Past

1st sing.cnocode
2nd sing.cnocode
3rd sing.cnocode
1st plur.cnocoden
2nd plur.cnocoden
3rd plur.cnocoden

Imperative

Singularcnoca
Pluralcnociaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'cnocian'

cnossian, hwisprian, hwistlian, sagian, sacian, sadian, solian, siwian, sipian, yrsian, myrþrian, fuglian, fundian, fulwian, fullian, leornian, borcian, borgian, beorhtian, wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną. Cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to nudge; prod; slap”), Old Norse knoka (“to knock; thump”). See: Proto-Germanic '*knukōną', Middle High German 'knochen'.

Verbs referencing "cnocian"

English knock, Irish cnag, Scots Gaelic cnag, Middle English knokken.

Sample Sentences

  • Iċ eom sē þe cnocaþ. (I am the one who knocks.)
  • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
  • Hē cnocode æt þǣre dura.
  • He knocked at the door.
  • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
  • Petrus cnocode forþ oþ þæt hīe hine inn lēton. (Peter kept knocking until they let him in.)
  • Cnoca þā duru hearde. (Knock on the door hard.)
  • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 13:25 (When the master of the house goes in and shuts the door, and you stand outside and knock on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," then he will say to you, "I don't know you, I don't know where you're from.")

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of cnocian