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ge-cnǽwe

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Add: , ge-cnáwe.
of persons.
acknowledging the accuracy of a statement
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  • 'Þis gewrit is gefylled.' And hig ealle wǽron þæs gecnáwe,

      Lk. 4, 22.
acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made,
making confession of sin.
with gen.
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  • Nú cýdde mé man þet Aðelwold and ic sceoldon ofneádian þá bóc ... Nú ne eom ic nánre neáde gecnéwe,

      Cht. Th. 296, 1.

  • Hí feóllon tó his fótum áfyrhte, gecnǽwe heora gyltes (cf. wǽron andettende ꝥ hí gegylt hæfdon

    se deliquisse confessi sunt

    ,
      Gr. D. 127, 17), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 7.

  • Hí þǽr wunedon, gecnǽwe heora synna,

      Hml. A. 102, 15.
with clause
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  • Ic ne eom gecnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne ... gyf ǽnig mann secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde ... C.D. iv. ,

      222, 27.

  • Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit wǽre. Hí þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon (

    made him confess

    ) ... ꝥ hé hit wæs.
      Hml. S. 30, 274.
cognizant of
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  • Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Kænt,

      Cht. Th. 313, 18.

  • Se cing cwæð ꝥ Leófsige and mænige men ðǽre, spǽce gecnǽwe wǽron,

      540, 12.
of things,
acknowledged, recognized as valid
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  • Hit wæs gecnǽwe on Súð-Seaxan and on West-Seaxan,

      Cht, Th. 273, 19.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cnǽwe.” 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/47475.

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