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cunnan

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Wright's OE grammar
§113; §542;
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to know.
absolute
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  • Ge þá þe cunnon, ge þá þe ne cunnon,

      Bt. 21; F. 72, 31.
with acc.
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  • Seó óþru leofað, þá ic cann on ansýne and ne can ná hire naman

    altera superest, quam facie scio, sed nomine nescio,

      Gr. D. 283, 12.
  • Ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon

    tu nosti in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus,

      Past. 304, 15.
  • Swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde on ǽnige wísan,

      Wlfst. 53, 5.
  • Hié woldon ðǽt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre ðý wé má geðeóda cúðon,

      Past. 5, 25.
  • Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan (

    nescire

    ),
      Coll. M. 18, 22.
  • Hé wilnade mé tó cunenne

    cupidus me nosse,

      Nar. 18, 1.
  • Ic getnune . . . cunnendum [mé]

    memor ero . . . scientium me,

      Ps. L. 86, 4.
with acc. and predicate genitive
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  • Hwá hine þæs wurð*-*scipes cúðe

    who knew him (to be) of that dignity,

      Angl. viii. 308, 22.
with gen. To know of
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  • Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda

    the people knew not of those benefits,

      Hml. Th. i. 190, 31.
cunnan on
to be skilled in, have knowledge of
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  • Ic þǽr nán þing on ne cann,

      Hml. A. 182, 42.
  • Gif þú canst on cræftum swá swá þú cwǽde, hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé?,

      Hml. S. 36, 64.
  • Þá þe ón stáne cunnon and gecwémlíce on treówe, 38.
  • Ealle þá eásternan and þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnan on gerímcræfte,

      Lch. iii. 256, 7.
  • Sumne wyrhtan þe wel cunne on cræfte,

      Hml. S. 36, 24.
  • On cunnende wæs

    expertus sit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 13.
to be able
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  • Wé him ne cunnon æfter*-*spyrigean,

      Past. 5, 16.
  • Hwæðer hé cúðe gán,

      Hml. S. 10, 33.
  • Swíðe feáwa wǽron ðe hiora ðéninga cúðen understondan on Englisc,

      Past. 3, 14.
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v. á-cunnan.
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