cniht

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knehtaz. Cognate with Old Frisian kniucht, Old Saxon kneht, Old Dutch *kneht, Old High German kneht.

Pronunciation

Noun

cniht m

  1. boy
  2. (male) servant, attendant
  3. male of high military rank, ranking below a baron, usually previously having worked as a page or squire

Declension

Declension of cniht (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative cniht cneohtas
accusative cniht cneohtas
genitive cnihtes cneohta
dative cnihte cneohtum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: knight(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in knight#Middle English)
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