knytten

Middle English

From Old English cnyttan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną.

knytten

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.
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 a argument or treatise out of words or ideas.
To fix or repair; to stop something from being broken or in disrepair.
To make, tie or create a knot; to tie thread as to stay secure.
To solidify, compress or harden; to cause to congeal or become hardened.
(figuratively) To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end.
(rare) To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing.
(rare) To be joined, united or brought together.
(rare) To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings.
(rare) To close up or turn off; to stop from working.

Conjugation of knytten (irregular weak)

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

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