† yknow, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹecnawan, 2 ᵹecnowen, ikna(u)wen, 2–3 icnawe(n, 3 icnowe(n, 3–4 iknowe(n, 3–5 yknowe(n, 4 yknawe(n, yknaue(n, 5 iknow. pa. tense 1 ᵹecneow, 2–3 icnew, 2 ȝecnew, ȝicneow(e, 3–4 iknewe, ikneu. pa. pple. 1 ᵹecnawen, 2–3 icnawe(n, 2 ȝecnowe, 3 icnowe(n, iknowe, 4 yknawe, yknowe(n, ycnowen, 5 yknow.
[OE. ᵹecnáwan: see y- 3 c and know v.]
To know (in various senses); to acknowledge.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 71 He wæs..of cilda muþe ᵹecnawen & weorþad. a 1000, etc. [see know v. 1, 11, etc.]. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 Betre hit is þet mon ne iknawe noht þe wei to godalmihtin þe he hine icnawe and seodðe hine for-hoȝie. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 143 Ða biðohte heo on hire liflode and ȝe-cnew þat hie was lað gode. c 1205 Lay. 24805 Ȝif þu wult icnawen Þat he is king ouer þe. a 1240 Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 205 Ich icnowe me gulti and creie þe leafdi merci. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) App. H. 122 Ich ne dar þat þe folc yhure þat ich yknowe þe. c 1320 Cast. Love 36 For him þat con not i-knowen Nouþer French ne Latyn. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 9049 Herui Riuel þis iknewe. 1340 Ayenb. 104 He is þe eldeste and þe meste yknawe and þe meste beloued. Ibid. 201 Zuo þet he ne may y-knawe his sseppere. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 225 In her lyknesse owre lorde ofte hath ben y-knowe. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 205 A lewed goost, þat kouþe not y-knowe þe cause..of verray martirdom. c 1394 P. Pl. Crede 252 We ben clerkes y-cnowen cunnynge in scole. 1422 Yonge tr. Secr. Secr. 123 Whath awaylyth Sotilte of vndyrstondynge and connynge, and how thay byth y-know. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 6737 If ye can me tech Hou I may I-know him. |
b. To make known; = know v. 13.
| a 1400 New Test. (Paues) Col. i. 27 To whom God wolde y-knowe þe richesse of þe blisse of þis sacrement. |