cniht

Middle English

Noun

cniht

(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

boy
(male) servant, attendant
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

Descendants

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

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