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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknitən/
- (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈknutən/, /ˈknɛtən/
Verb
knytten
- To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):
- To wrap or swaddle; to encase or surround in rope as to secure or amalgamate.
- To secure, join together, close, or link by making a knot.
- To make an irrevocable or permanent linkage or binding contract.
- To join, unite or bring together; to make two things one.
- To append or bring into another; to make one thing part of another.
- To enter into or begin an endeavour, activity, or pursuit:
- To instill or inculcate a belief, worldview, ideal, or ideology.
- To work out an argument or treatise out of words or ideas.
- To fix or repair; to stop something from being broken or in disrepair.
- To make, tie or create a knot; to tie thread as to stay secure.
- To solidify, compress or harden; to cause to congeal or become hardened.
- (figuratively) To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end.
- (rare) To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing.
- (rare) To be joined, united or brought together.
- (rare) To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings.
- (rare) To close up or turn off; to stop from working.
Conjugation
infinitive
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(to) knytten, knytte
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present tense
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past tense
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1st-person singular
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knytte
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knytte, knytted
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2nd-person singular
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knyttest
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knyttest, knyttedest
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3rd-person singular
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knytteth
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knytte, knytted
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subjunctive singular
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knytte
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imperative singular
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—
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plural1
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knytten, knytte
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knytten, knytte, knytteden, knyttede
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imperative plural
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knytteth, knytte
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participles
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knyttynge, knyttende
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knyt, knytted, yknyt, yknytted
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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