Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Knarre, s. a knotted, thickset fellow, sturdy churl, A 549. Properly, a knot in wood; see below.

Knarry, adj. full of thick knots, gnarled, A 1977.

Knave, s. boy, servant-lad, page, R. 886; A 3431, B 474, 1500, C 666; man-servant, servant, L. 1807, 2366, 2371; D 1779, E 1302; peasant, D 1190, I 188; Knave child, male child, B 715, 722, E 444, 447, 612; Knaves, pl. lads, B 3087; servants, A 2728. A.S. cnafa.

Knavish, adj. rude, H 205.

Knede, v. knead, A 4094; Kneden, pp. kneaded, R. 217.

Kneding-trogh, s. kneading-trough, A 3548, 3620.

Kneding-tubbes, pl. kneading-tubs, A 3564, 3594.

Knee, s. knee, L. 455; A 391; sette him on his knee, knelt down, D 2120; Kneës, pl. A 1103. See Knowe.

Knele, v. kneel, T. iii. 962; Knelest, 2 pr. s. 16. 43; Kneled, pt. s. kneeled, A 897; Kneled, pt. pl. knelt, L. 295; Kneling, pres. pt. L. 117; Kneleth, imp. pl. T. iii. 965.

Knelinges, s. pl. kneelings, I 1055.