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CNÓSL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CNÓSL, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§348;
A race, progeny, offspring, kin, family; proles, genus, generatio
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  • Gewít ðú nú féran, and ðíne fare lǽdan, ceápas to cnósle

    begin thow now to depart, and lead thy family, thy cattle for progeny

    • Cd. 83;
    • Th. 105, 2;
    • Gen. 1747.

  • Mínes cnósles

    of my progeny

    • Exon. 105a;
    • Th. 399, 22;
    • Rä. 19, 4: 112a;
    • Th. 430, 15;
    • Rä. 44, 9.

  • Gódes and yfles ðǽr ic cunnade, cnósle bidǽled

    there I tried good and evil, separated from my offspring

    • 85b;
    • Th. 321, 27;
    • Wld. 52.

  • Bearn vel cnósl soboles vel

    proles

    • Ælfc. Gl. 91;
    • Som. 75, 19;
    • Wrt. Voc. 51, 64.

  • Cnósle

    genere

    • Mone B. 1608.

  • Héht from hweorfan mánscyldigne cnósle sínum

    he bade the crime-guilty depart from his kindred

    • Cd. 50;
    • Th. 64, 12;
    • Gen. 1049.

  • On cnósle oððe on cynne

    in generatione

    • Ps. Lamb. 32, 11.

  • Gewát him mid cnósle

    he departed with his family

    • Cd. 83;
    • Th. 104, 4;
    • Gen. 1730.
Etymology
O. Sax. knósal, n.
Ger. knösel, m.
a little man
O. H. Ger. knuosli, knósli, n.
Derived forms
fæderen-cnósl,, geóguþ-
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CNÓSL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6475.

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