"cneow" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /kne͜oːw/
Etymology: From earlier cnēo, with the w of the oblique forms and the long diphthong of the endingless forms generalized throughout the paradigm. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Germanic cognates: Old Frisian knē, Old Saxon knio, Old High German knio, Old Norse kné, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu). Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit जानु (jānu), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨 (žnūm), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Albanian gju, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), Latin genu. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kneu}} Proto-West Germanic *kneu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*knewą}} Proto-Germanic *knewą, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*ǵónu}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, {{cog|ofs|knē}} Old Frisian knē, {{cog|osx|knio}} Old Saxon knio, {{cog|goh|knio}} Old High German knio, {{cog|non|kné}} Old Norse kné, {{cog|got|𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿}} Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu), {{cog|sa|जानु}} Sanskrit जानु (jānu), {{cog|ae|𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨}} Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨 (žnūm), {{cog|xcl|ծունր}} Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), {{cog|sq|gju}} Albanian gju, {{cog|grc|γόνυ}} Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), {{cog|la|genu}} Latin genu Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=cnēow|sort=}} cnēow n, {{ang-noun|n|head=cnēow}} cnēow n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|cnēow|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|cnēow|cnēowu|cnēow|cnēowu|cnēowes|cnēowa|cnēowe|cnēowum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: cnēow [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], cnēow [nominative, singular], cnēowu [nominative, plural], cnēow [accusative, singular], cnēowu [accusative, plural], cnēowes [genitive, singular], cnēowa [genitive, plural], cnēowe [dative, singular], cnēowum [dative, plural]
  1. (anatomy) knee Categories (topical): Anatomy, Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cneow-ang-noun-ae9aiLAn Disambiguation of Anatomy: 98 2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. a generation; relationship
    Sense id: en-cneow-ang-noun-r4wky01V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cnēo
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "kne"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: kne, knewe, knee, knew, know, kneo, cneowe, cneo\nEnglish: knee\nScots: kne, kney, knie\nYola: konnee"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian knē",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "knio"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon knio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German knio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kné",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿"
      },
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      "args": {
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        "1": "xcl",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin genu",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "cnēowu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēowu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēowes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēowa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "cnēowe",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cnēowum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
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      "expansion": "cnēow n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "cnēow"
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      "args": {
        "1": "cnēow",
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        "3": "cnēow",
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        "5": "cnēowes",
        "6": "cnēowa",
        "7": "cnēowe",
        "8": "cnēowum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ang:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ang:Anatomy",
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "english": "they sat on their knees.",
          "text": "Hīe sǣton on cnēowum",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knee"
      ],
      "id": "en-cneow-ang-noun-ae9aiLAn",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) knee"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in one generation.",
          "text": "On ānum cnēowe",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a generation; relationship"
      ],
      "id": "en-cneow-ang-noun-r4wky01V",
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kne͜oːw/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cnēo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cneow"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: kne, knewe, knee, knew, know, kneo, cneowe, cneo\nEnglish: knee\nScots: kne, kney, knie\nYola: konnee",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: kne, knewe, knee, knew, know, kneo, cneowe, cneo\nEnglish: knee\nScots: kne, kney, knie\nYola: konnee"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "knē"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian knē",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "knio"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon knio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "knio"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German knio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kné"
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      "expansion": "Old Norse kné",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जानु"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जानु (jānu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծունր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ծունր (cunr)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "gju"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian gju",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γόνυ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "genu"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin genu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "canonical",
        "neuter"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēowes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēowa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnēowe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "cnēow"
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      "args": {
        "1": "cnēow",
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        "7": "cnēowe",
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        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "ang:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "they sat on their knees.",
          "text": "Hīe sǣton on cnēowum",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knee"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "knee",
          "knee"
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "in one generation.",
          "text": "On ānum cnēowe",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a generation; relationship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kne͜oːw/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cnēo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cneow"
}

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