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Old English
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Etymology
Contraction of ne (“not”) + witan (“to know”).
Pronunciation
Verb
nytan
- to not know
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Nāt iċ hwǣr iċ finde mīne bōc.- I don't know where to find my book.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 20:22
Ġit nyton hwæs ġit biddaþ.- You two don't know what you're asking for.
- Matthew 21:27
Þā andswarodon hīe and cwǣdon, "Wē nyton."- Then they answered and said, "We don't know."
- Matthew 26:70
And hē wiþsōc beforan eallum and cwæþ, "Nāt iċ hwæt þū sæġst."- And he denied it in front of everyone and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 23:34
Fæder, forġief him, for þām hīe nyton hwæt hīe dōþ.- Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing.
- John 8:14
Ġē nyton hwanon iċ cōm ne hwæder iċ gā.- You don't know where I came from or where I'm going.
- John 9:12
Þā cwǣdon hīe tō him, "Hwǣr is hē?" Þā cwæþ hē, "Iċ nāt."- Then they said to him, "Where is he?" And he said, "I don't know."
- John 9:25
Ġif hē synfull is, þæt iċ nāt. Ān þing iċ wāt, þæt iċ wæs blind, and þæt iċ nū ġesēo.- Whether he's a sinner, I don't know. One thing I do know is, I was blind, and now I can see.
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