Participles
| Present | cnossiende |
| Past | (ġe)cnossod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | cnossiġe |
| 2nd sing. | cnossast |
| 3rd sing. | cnossaþ |
| 1st plur. | cnossiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | cnossiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | cnossiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | cnossode |
| 2nd sing. | cnossodest |
| 3rd sing. | cnossode |
| 1st plur. | cnossodon |
| 2nd plur. | cnossodon |
| 3rd plur. | cnossodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | cnossiġe |
| 2nd sing. | cnossiġe |
| 3rd sing. | cnossiġe |
| 1st plur. | cnossiġen |
| 2nd plur. | cnossiġen |
| 3rd plur. | cnossiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | cnossode |
| 2nd sing. | cnossode |
| 3rd sing. | cnossode |
| 1st plur. | cnossoden |
| 2nd plur. | cnossoden |
| 3rd plur. | cnossoden |
Imperative
| Singular | cnossa |
| Plural | cnossiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'cnossian'
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)
Verbs similar to 'cnossian'
hnossian,
cnocian,
cnyssan,
costian,
acnyssan,
blissian,
brosnian,
ceorian,
ceorlian,
ceosan,
Etymology
Cognate with Old Norse knosa (“to beat, bruise”), which Norwegian knuse, Danish knuse, Scots knuse, Icelandic knúsa, and Faroese knúsa derive from. See: Danish '
knuse', Scots '
knuse', Icelandic '
knúsa', Faroese '
knúsa'.
Sample Sentences
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bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
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ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela,
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atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat
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nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan,
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þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen (have withstood bitter sorrow,
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known many sorrow-halls in ship,
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loathsome rolling of waves
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where the unquiet night watch
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oft got me at the stem of seacraft
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then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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