cniht
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
cniht
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of knyght
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cnaiht — Northumbrian
- cnæht — Mercian, Northumbrian
- cneht — Anglian
- cneoht, cnyht, cnieht
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cniht m
- boy
- (male) servant, attendant
- male of high military rank, ranking below a baron, usually previously having worked as a page or squire
Declension[edit]
Declension of cniht (strong a-stem)
Antonyms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
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- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- ang:Military
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