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Old English
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”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cnocian
- (intransitive) to knock (rap one's knuckles against something)
Iċ eom sē þe cnocaþ.- I am the one who knocks.
- (transitive) to knock on something
Cnoca þā duru hearde.- Knock on the door hard.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 13:25
Þonne sē hīredes ealdor inn gǣþ and his duru beclȳst, and ġē standaþ þǣr ūte and þā duru cnociaþ, and cweðaþ, "Dryhten, ātȳn ūs," þonne cwiþ hē tō ēow, "Ne cann iċ ēow; nāt iċ hwanon ġē sind."- 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."
- to hit, strike
- to pound
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