Etymology

beknit

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Today it means: To knit. Full definition →

Middle English *beknitten ← Old English becnyttan
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  1. Old English · inherited frombecnyttan“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*beknitten
  3. English todaybeknit

From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- + knit.

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