cnyssan

Old English

Alternative forms

cnysan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈknys.sɑn/

Verb

cnyssan

to press, trouble
(literal or figurative) to toss
(literal or figurative) to strike, dash, beat
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
  Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
  wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
  ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,
  The warriors took away the strength of spears,
  killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
  and the storms hit these stone slopes,
to overcome

Conjugation

Conjugation of cnyssan (weak, class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	cnyssan	cnyssenne
first person singular	cnysse	cnysede
second person singular	cnysest	cnysedest
third person singular	cnyseþ	cnysede
plural	cnyssaþ	cnysedon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	cnysse	cnysede
plural	cnyssen	cnyseden
imperative
singular	cnyse
plural	cnyssaþ
participle	present	past
	cnyssende	(ġe)cnysed

Derived terms

ācnyssan (“to drive away”)
cnyssung f (“a striking or stroke”)
ġecnyssan
oncnyssan
tōcnyssan

Related terms

cnossian (“to beat or strike”)
cnyss f (“a pulse”)
ġecnos n (“a collision”)

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “CNYSSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.