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† yknow, v. Obs. Forms: 1 ᵹecnawan, 2 ᵹecnowen, ikna(u)wen, 2–3 icnawe(n, 3 icnowe(n, 3–4 iknowe(n, 3–5 yknowe(n, 4 yknawe(n, yknaue(n, 5 iknow. pa. tense 1 ᵹecneow, 2–3 icnew, 2 ȝecnew, ȝicneow(e, 3–4 iknewe, ikneu. pa. pple. 1 ᵹecnawen, 2–3 icnawe(n, 2 ȝecnowe, 3 icnowe(n, iknowe, 4 yknawe, yknowe(n, ycnowen, 5 yknow. [OE. ᵹecnáwan: see y- 3 c and know v.] To know (in various senses); to acknowledge.
971Blickl. Hom. 71 He wæs..of cilda muþe ᵹecnawen & weorþad. a1000, etc. [see know v. 1, 11, etc.]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 49 Betre hit is þet mon ne iknawe noht þe wei to godalmihtin þe he hine icnawe and seodðe hine for-hoȝie. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 143 Ða biðohte heo on hire liflode and ȝe-cnew þat hie was lað gode. c1205Lay. 24805 Ȝif þu wult icnawen Þat he is king ouer þe. a1240Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 205 Ich icnowe me gulti and creie þe leafdi merci. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) App. H. 122 Ich ne dar þat þe folc yhure þat ich yknowe þe. c1320Cast. Love 36 For him þat con not i-knowen Nouþer French ne Latyn. c1330Arth. & Merl. 9049 Herui Riuel þis iknewe. 1340Ayenb. 104 He is þe eldeste and þe meste yknawe and þe meste beloued. Ibid. 201 Zuo þet he ne may y-knawe his sseppere. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 225 In her lyknesse owre lorde ofte hath ben y-knowe. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 205 A lewed goost, þat kouþe not y-knowe þe cause..of verray martirdom. c1394P. Pl. Crede 252 We ben clerkes y-cnowen cunnynge in scole. 1422Yonge tr. Secr. Secr. 123 Whath awaylyth Sotilte of vndyrstondynge and connynge, and how thay byth y-know. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 6737 If ye can me tech Hou I may I-know him. b. To make known; = know v. 13.
a1400New Test. (Paues) Col. i. 27 To whom God wolde y-knowe þe richesse of þe blisse of þis sacrement. |