cniht, st. m., _boy, youth_: dat. pl. þyssum cnyhtum, _to these boys_ (Hrôðgâr's sons), 1220. cniht-wesende, prs. part., _being a boy_ or _a youth_: acc. sg. ic hine cûðe cniht-wesende, _knew him while still a boy_, 372; nom. pl. wit þät gecwædon cniht-wesende, _we both as young men said that_, 535. cnyssan, w. v., _to strike, to dash against each other_: pret. pl. þonne ... eoferas cnysedan, _when the bold warriors dashed against each other, stormed_ (in battle), 1329. collen-ferhð, -ferð, adj., (properly, _of swollen mind_), _of uncommon thoughts, in his way of thinking, standing higher than others, high-minded_: nom. sg. cuma collen-ferhð, of Beówulf, 1807; collen-ferð, of Wîglâf, 2786. corðer, st. n., _troop, division of an army, retinue_: dat. sg. þâ wäs ... Fin slägen, cyning on corðre, _then was Fin slain, the king in the troop_ (of warriors), 1154; of corðre cyninges, _out of the retinue of the king_, 3122. costian, w. v., _to try_; pret. (w. gen.) he mîn costode, _tried me_, 2085. côfa, w. m., _apartment, sleeping-room, couch_: in comp. bân-côfa. côl, adj., _cool_: compar. cearwylmas côlran wurðað, _the waves of sorrow become cooler_, i.e. the mind becomes quiet, 282; him wîflufan ... côlran weorðað, _his love for his wife cools_, 2067. cräft, st. m., _the condition of being able_, hence: 1) _physical strength_: nom. sg. mägða cräft, 1284; acc. sg. mägenes cräft, 418; þurh ânes cräft, 700; cräft and cênðu, 2697; dat. (instr.) sg. cräfte, 983, 1220, 2182, 2361.--2) _art, craft, skill_: dat. sg. as instr. dyrnum cräfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cräfte, 2291; þeófes cräfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. deófles cräftum, _by devil's art_ (sorcery), 2089.--3) _great quantity_ (?): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cräft, 2223.--Comp.: leoðo-, mägen-, nearo-, wîg-cräft. cräftig, adj.: 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg. eafoðes cräftig, 1467; nîða cräftig, 1963. Comp. wîg-cräftig.--2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp. lagu-cräftig.--3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. eácen-cräftig. cringan, st. v., _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wäl crunge, _would sink into death, would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wäle crungon, 1114. ge-cringan, same as above: pret. he under rande gecranc, _fell under his shield_, 1210; ät wîge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; heó on flet gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single combat_, 2506. cuma (_he who comes_), w. m., _newcomer, guest_: nom. sg. 1807.--Comp.: cwealm-, wil-cuma.