Old English · verb

cnawan

Normalised cnāwan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class VII
IPA: /ˈknɑː.wɑn/
Syllables: ˈknɑː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: know knaw

Meaning

to know

Conjugation

Conjugation of cnawan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	cnāwe	cnēow
2nd singular	cnǣwst	cnēowe
3rd singular	cnǣwþ	cnēow
Plural	cnāwaþ	cnēowon
Subjunctive
Singular	cnāwe	cnēowe
Plural	cnāwen	cnēowen

Non-finite forms of cnawan
	Form
Infinitive	cnāwan
Inflected infinitive	cnāwenne
Imperative singular	cnāw
Imperative plural	cnāwaþ
Present participle	cnāwende
Past participle	cnāwen ġecnāwen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *knāan. There are Germanic cognates in Old High German -cnāhen, Old Norse kná. From the same Proto-Indo-European source are cennan, cunnan. With gecnāwan, the two words together mean “know”.

Descendants

knaw, know

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