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語源

From 古期英語 cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną.

発音

• IPA: /ˈknitən/
• (dialectal) IPA: /ˈknutən/, /ˈknɛtən/

動詞

knytten

1. To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):
   1. To wrap or swaddle; to encase or surround in rope as to secure or amalgamate.
   2. To secure, join together, close, or link by making a knot.
   3. To make an irrevocable or permanent linkage or binding contract.
   4. To join, unite or bring together; to make two things one.
   5. To append or bring into another; to make one thing part of another.
2. To enter into or begin an endeavour, activity, or pursuit:
   1. To instill or inculcate a belief, worldview, ideal, or ideology.
   2. To work out an argument or treatise out of words or ideas.
3. To fix or repair; to stop something from being broken or in disrepair.
4. To make, tie or create a knot; to tie thread as to stay secure.
5. To solidify, compress or harden; to cause to congeal or become hardened.
6. (figuratively) To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end.
7. (rare) To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing.
8. (rare) To be joined, united or brought together.
9. (rare) To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings.
10. (rare) To close up or turn off; to stop from working.

Conjugation

関連する語

• knytter
• knyttynge

派生した語

• English: knit
• Scots: knit, knyt

参照

• “knitten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-18.