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in-cniht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
in-cniht, es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§575;
A servant in a house, household or domestic servant
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  • Incniht

    cliens vel clientulus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 72, 80.
  • Incniht

    parasitus, cliens, domesticus,

    • Hpt. Gl. 427, 483, 514.
  • Se hláford gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta

    the master gathered together a great many of his household servants,

    • Homl. Th. i. 502, 13.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. in-kneht apparitor
:
O. H. Ger. in-kneht vernaculus, servus vel domigena, verna, inquilinus, apparitor.
]
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v.  in-cnapa.
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