A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ cnēorisn] (Bl), cneoris(s), cneornis(s) f. generation, posterity, family, tribe, nation, race.

cneorðlǣcan = [cneordlǣcan]

[ cnēow] I. (ēo) n. ‘knee,’ AO, Bl, El, Mt: step in a pedigree, generation, Æ.

[II.] pret. 3 sg. of [cnāwan].

[ cnēowbīgung] f. kneeling, genuflection.

[ cnēow-ede], -ade having big knees, WW.

[ cnēowgebed] n. prayer on one’s knees, Æ.

[ cnēowholen] m. ‘knee-holly,’ butcher’s broom, Lcd.

[ cnēowian] (±) to kneel, Æ: know carnally, ÆL 12⁷. [‘knee’]

[ cnēowlian] to ‘kneel,’ LL.