ic hine cūðe, _knew him_, 372; cūðe hē duguð
þēaw, _knew the customs of the
distinguished
courtiers_, 359; so with the
acc.
Beowulf
.. wile,
_I know my gracious H., that he will_..., 1181; II. eard gīt ne const,
_thou knowest not yet the land_, 1378; III. hē þæt wyrse ne con, _knows no
worse_, 1740. And reflexive: con him land geare, _knows the land well_,
2063; pl. men ne cunnon hwyder helrūnan scrīðað, _men do not know
whither_..., 162; pret. sg.
ic hine cūðe, _knew him_, 372; cūðe hē duguð
þēaw, _knew the customs of the
distinguished
courtiers_, 359; so with the
acc.
, 2013; seolfa ne cūðe þurh hwæt..., _he himself did not know through
what_..., 3068; pl. sorge ne cūðon, 119; so with the acc., 180, 418, 1234.
With both (acc. and depend. clause): nō hīe fæder cunnon (scil. nō hīe
cunnon) hwæðer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, 1356.--2) with inf.
following, _can, to be able_: prs.
