"cniht" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /knixt/, [kniçt]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kneht. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kneht}} Proto-West Germanic *kneht Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cniht m, {{ang-noun|m}} cniht m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|cniht|cneoht}}, {{ang-decl-noun|cniht|cneohtas|cniht|cneohtas|cnihtes|cneohta|cnihte|cneohtum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], cniht [nominative, singular], cneohtas [nominative, plural], cniht [accusative, singular], cneohtas [accusative, plural], cnihtes [genitive, singular], cneohta [genitive, plural], cnihte [dative, singular], cneohtum [dative, plural]
  1. boy Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-cniht-ang-noun-zGp3hATq Disambiguation of Children: 39 37 24
  2. (male) servant, attendant Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Children, People
    Sense id: en-cniht-ang-noun-FvKi3iSD Disambiguation of Children: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of People: 0 65 35
  3. male of high military rank, ranking below a baron, usually previously having worked as a page or squire Tags: form-of, masculine Form of: high military rank, ranking below a baron, usually previously having worked as a page or squire Categories (topical): Children, Military
    Sense id: en-cniht-ang-noun-ou22Oeqo Disambiguation of Children: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 100 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 15 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 1 7 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 1 5 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cnaiht — Northumbrian, cnæht [Mercian], Northumbrian, cneht [Anglian], cneoht, cnyht, cnieht Derived forms: cnihthād, cnihtlīċ, cnihtwesende, incniht, leornungcniht

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "mæġden"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cnihthād"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cnihtwesende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "incniht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "expansion": "Middle English: knyght\nEnglish: knight\nScots: knicht\nYola: nickht",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kneht.",
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      "form": "strong",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a-stem",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cniht",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cneohtas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cniht",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnihte",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cneohtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "name": "head"
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        "title": "",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "39 37 24",
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        {
          "english": "In that battle, and in many others after that, Hannibal proved the hatred and hostility that he swore before his father when he was a nine-year-old boy, that he would never become a friend of the Romans.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nOn þām ġewinne, ⁊ on moneġum oþrum æfter þǣm, Hannibal ġecȳþde þone nīþ ⁊ þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr, þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs, þæt hē næfre ne wurde Rōmana frēond.",
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          "servant"
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        ]
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        "(male) servant, attendant"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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          "word": "high military rank"
        },
        {
          "word": "ranking below a baron"
        },
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          "word": "usually previously having worked as a page or squire"
        }
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        [
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        ],
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          "page",
          "page"
        ],
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          "squire",
          "squire"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/knixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kniçt]"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cnaiht — Northumbrian"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "cnæht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "cneht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cneoht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cnyht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cnieht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cniht"
}
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      "word": "mæġden"
    }
  ],
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    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "cnihthād"
    },
    {
      "word": "cnihtlīċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "cnihtwesende"
    },
    {
      "word": "incniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "leornungcniht"
    }
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    }
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cneohtas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cniht",
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    },
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      "form": "cneohtas",
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        "accusative",
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      ]
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        "genitive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cneohta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In that battle, and in many others after that, Hannibal proved the hatred and hostility that he swore before his father when he was a nine-year-old boy, that he would never become a friend of the Romans.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nOn þām ġewinne, ⁊ on moneġum oþrum æfter þǣm, Hannibal ġecȳþde þone nīþ ⁊ þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr, þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs, þæt hē næfre ne wurde Rōmana frēond.",
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    },
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        },
        {
          "word": "ranking below a baron"
        },
        {
          "word": "usually previously having worked as a page or squire"
        }
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cnaiht — Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cnæht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "cneht"
    },
    {
      "word": "cneoht"
    },
    {
      "word": "cnyht"
    },
    {
      "word": "cnieht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cniht"
}

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