cnucian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknu.ki.ɑn/

Verb

cnucian

1. to knock, pound, beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of cnucian (weak class 2)

infinitive	cnucian	cnucienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	cnuciġe	cnucode
second person singular	cnucast	cnucodest
third person singular	cnucaþ	cnucode
plural	cnuciaþ	cnucodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	cnuciġe	cnucode
plural	cnuciġen	cnucoden
imperative
singular	cnuca
plural	cnuciaþ
participle	present	past
	cnuciende	(ġe)cnucod

Descendants

• Middle English: knokken, cnoken, knocke, knok, knoke, knokke, knokkyn
  • English: knock
    • → Dutch: knokken; nokken
  • Scots: knock, tnock, knack
  • Yola: knockt (preterite)

See also

• cnocian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cnucian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.