on-cnâwan, to recognize, to distinguish: hordweard oncniów mannes reorde, distinguished the speech of a man, [2555].
[cniht], st. m., boy, youth: dat. pl. þyssum cnyhtum, to these boys (Hrôðgâr's sons), [1220].
[cniht-wesende], prs. part., being a boy or a youth: acc. sg. ic hine cûðe cniht-wesende, knew him while still a boy, [372]; nom. pl. wit þät gecwædon cniht-wesende, we both as young men said that, [535].
[cnyssan], w. v., to strike, to dash against each other: pret. pl. þonne ... eoferas cnysedan, when the bold warriors dashed against each other, stormed (in battle), [1329].
[collen-ferhð, -ferð], adj., (properly, of swollen mind), of uncommon thoughts, in his way of thinking, standing higher than others, high-minded: nom. sg. cuma collen-ferhð, of Beówulf, [1807]; collen-ferð, of Wîglâf, [2786].
[corðer], st. n., troop, division of an army, retinue: dat. sg. þâ wäs ... Fin slägen, cyning on corðre, then was Fin slain, the king in the troop (of warriors), [1154]; of corðre cyninges, out of the retinue of the king, [3122].
[costian], w. v., to try; pret. (w. gen.) he mîn costode, tried me, [2085].
[côfa], w. m., apartment, sleeping-room, couch: in comp. bân-côfa.
[côl], adj., cool: compar. cearwylmas côlran wurðað, the waves of sorrow become cooler, i.e. the mind becomes quiet, [282]; him wîflufan ... côlran weorðað, his love for his wife cools, [2067].
[cräft], st. m., the condition of being able, hence: 1) physical strength: nom. sg. mägða cräft, [1284]; acc. sg. mägenes cräft, [418]; þurh ânes cräft, [700]; cräft and cênðu, [2697]; dat. (instr.) sg. cräfte, [983], [1220], [2182], [2361].—2) art, craft, skill: dat. sg. as instr. dyrnum cräfte, with secret (magic) art, [2169]; dyrnan cräfte, [2291]; þeófes cräfte, with thief's craft, [2221]; dat. pl. deófles cräftum, by devil's art (sorcery), [2089].—3) great quantity (?): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cräft, [2223].—Comp.: leoðo-, mägen-, nearo-, wîg-cräft.