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to recognize, identify an object
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  • Mid ðám þe ꝥ mód wiþ his bewende, ðá gecneów hit swíþe sweotele his ágne módor,

      Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 29.

  • Eft hine gecneów óðer þínen,

      Mk. 14, 69.

  • Beheóld hé hí and gecneów hí be hyre wlite,

      Hml. S. 30, 363.

  • Hélias cóm, and hig hyne ne gecneówon (

    cognouerunt

    ),
      Mt. 17, 12.

  • Þá wurdon hyra eágan geopenude, and hig gecneówon hine,

      Lk. 24, 31.

  • Heó helode hire nebb, þæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan (

    ne agnosceretur

    ),
      Gen. 38, 15.

  • Gif þú nú sweotole gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre gesǽlþe, ðonne is þearf ꝥ ic þé hí selfe getǽce,

      Bt. 33, 1; F. 118, 35.

  • Hí hí gecnáwan móston, ꝥ hiacute; gebróðra synd,

      Hml. S. 30, 377.
to acknowledge,
a person
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  • Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71,

      33. (l a) where a
    payment is made as acknowledgement :-- Ys ðis seó oncnáwennis ðe hé hæfð God mid gecnáwen ... on circlicum mádmum, Cht. Th. 429, 8.
a claim, to pay by way of acknowledgement, v. ge-cnáwness
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  • Man sceal for Godes ege mǽðe on háde gecnáwan (

    pay respect to the clergy

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 362, 5.

  • Gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on ðám endum ðe tó efenlǽse licgan,

      440, 12.
to know, be acquainted with
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  • Hié hæfdon míne ǽ, and hí mé ne gecniówon (-cnéwon,

    v.l.) tenentes legem nescierunt me,

      Past. 29, 1.
to know, be conversant with a subject
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  • Sé þe Godes bebodu ne gecnǽwð

    hic, qui ea quae sunt Domini nescit,

      Past. 29, 1.
to have a clear apprehension of
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  • Mon mæg sweotole ongitan, ꝥ ǽlc mon ðæs wilnaþ, ꝥ hé mæge ꝥ héhste gód begitan, ðǽr hí hit gecnáwan mihtan,

      Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 35.

  • Sió ungleáwnes biþ on þé selfum, ꝥ ðú hit ne canst on riht gecnáwan,

      39, 10; F. 226, 34.
to be cognizant of a fact,
understand
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  • Gecnáwað (cf. understandaþ, 7) þæt sóð is, ðeós woruld is on ofste,

      Wlfst. 154, 4.

  • Wé habbað þurh Godes yrre bysmor gelóme, gecnáwe sé ðe cunne,

      159, 2: 162, 2.

  • Þǽr gewitnysse bið and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde bið,

      Ll. Th. i. 390, 12.

  • Wé on þám gecnáwan magon ꝥ þeós world is scyndende and heononweard,

      Bl. H. 115, 19.
  • VI a. with dependent question :---
to make known, declare
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  • Gyf ǽnig mann sý ꝥ ... secge ꝥ ic hig ǽr him geunnan sceolde, ic wylle ꝥ hé cume beforan mé mid his sweotelunge and dóme gecnáwe hwǽr ic hig him ǽr geúðe,

      C.D. iv. 222, 32.
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v. un-gecnáwen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cnáwan.” 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/47476.

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