cnæp

Old English

Etymology

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Noun

cnæp m

1. top
   • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29

     And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.

     And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “CNÆP”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.