[ cnīf] m. knife, WW.

[ cniht] (e, eo, ie, y) m. boy, youth, AO, Bl, LL: servant, attendant, retainer, disciple, warrior, Chr, Mt, Met: boyhood, ÆGr. [‘knight’]

[ cnihtcild] (eo1) n. male child, boy.

[ cnihtgebeorðor] n. child-birth, child-bearing, Bl.

[ cnihtgeong] youthful, El 640.

[ cnihthād] m. puberty, ‘youth,’ boyhood, Æ, Bo; AO: (male) virginity. [‘knighthood’]

[ cnihtiugoð] f. youth, A 8·299.

[ cnihtlēas] without an attendant, Æ.

[ cnihtlic] boyish, childish, Guth. [‘knightly’]

[ cnihtðēawas] mp. boyish ways, GD 1119.