cunnan

From Proto-Germanic *kunnaną.

cunnan

1. to know, to be familiar with
2. (auxiliary) can, to be able to

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: connen
  • Dutch: kunnen
    • Afrikaans: kan (from inflected form kan)
  • Limburgish: kónne
  • West Flemish: keunn

• “cunnan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.nɑn/

cunnan

1. to know, to be familiar with

   Iċ wāt þæt hē hīe cann, ac iċ nāt hwanon.

   I know that he knows her, but I don't know from where.

   Iċ nime þone hring, þēah iċ þone weġ ne cunne.

   I will take the ring, though I do not know the way.

   Nān þing nis hefiġre þanne dēad līchama. Atlas self ne cann þæt ġewiht.

   Nothing is heavier than a dead body. Atlas himself knows not the weight.

   Iċ cann Englisċ, Ealdseaxisċ, and Friesisċ.

   I know English, Old Saxon, and Frisian.

2. (auxiliary) can, to know how

   Iċ cann ēow lǣran.

   I can teach you.

   Ne cann iċ swimman, ac iċ cann sincan.

   I don't know how to swim, but I know how to sink.

• cann

• Middle English: cunnen, connen, can
  • Scots: can, cun, cunning
  • English: can, con, cun, could, cunning, canny