cniht

Middle English

Noun

cniht

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of knyght

Old English

Alternative forms

• cnaiht — Northumbrian
• cnæht — Mercian, Northumbrian
• cneht — Anglian
• cneoht, cnyht, cnieht

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knixt/, [kniçt]

Noun

cniht m

1. boy
2. (male) servant, attendant
3. male of high military rank, ranking below a baron, usually previously having worked as a page or squire

Declension

Declension of cniht (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cniht	cneohtas
accusative	cniht	cneohtas
genitive	cnihtes	cneohta
dative	cnihte	cneohtum

Antonyms

• mæġden

Derived terms

• cnihthād
• cnihtlīċ
• cnihtwesende
• incniht
• leornungcniht

 

Descendants

• Middle English: knyght
  • English: knight
  • Scots: knicht
  • Yola: nickht