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] Rhymes: -ixt === Noun === cniht m boy late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans (male) servant, attendant male of high military rank, ranking below a baron, usually previously having worked as a page or squire ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Coordinate terms ==== mæġden ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: knyghtEnglish: knightScots: knichtYola: nickht