Participles
| Present | cnociende |
| Past | (ġe)cnocod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | cnociġe |
| 2nd sing. | cnocast |
| 3rd sing. | cnocaþ |
| 1st plur. | cnociaþ |
| 2nd plur. | cnociaþ |
| 3rd plur. | cnociaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | cnocode |
| 2nd sing. | cnocodest |
| 3rd sing. | cnocode |
| 1st plur. | cnocodon |
| 2nd plur. | cnocodon |
| 3rd plur. | cnocodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | cnociġe |
| 2nd sing. | cnociġe |
| 3rd sing. | cnociġe |
| 1st plur. | cnociġen |
| 2nd plur. | cnociġen |
| 3rd plur. | cnociġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | cnocode |
| 2nd sing. | cnocode |
| 3rd sing. | cnocode |
| 1st plur. | cnocoden |
| 2nd plur. | cnocoden |
| 3rd plur. | cnocoden |
Imperative
| Singular | cnoca |
| Plural | cnociaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'cnocian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cnocian'
cnucian,
aceocian,
bocian,
ceorian,
cloccian,
cnossian,
cocnian,
colian,
copian,
cracian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną. Cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to nudge; prod; slap”), Old Norse knoka (“to knock; thump”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*knukōną', Middle High German '
knochen'.
Verbs referencing "cnocian"
English
knock, Irish
cnag, Scots Gaelic
cnag, Middle English
knokken.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ eom sē þe cnocaþ. (I am the one who knocks.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
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Hē cnocode æt þǣre dura.
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He knocked at the door.
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
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Petrus cnocode forþ oþ þæt hīe hine inn lēton. (Peter kept knocking until they let him in.)
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Cnoca þā duru hearde. (Knock on the door hard.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 13:25 (When the master of the house goes in and shuts the door, and you stand outside and knock on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," then he will say to you, "I don't know you, I don't know where you're from.")