An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. cnaw-an, id.

Wyntown.

KNAW, KNAWE, KNAIE, s.
1. A male child.
Wyntown.
2. A male under age.
Barbour.
3. A male servant.
Wyntown.
4. A man in an inferior rank.
V. [Knape].
Bannatyne Poems.

Knawship, Knaveship, of a mill, the dues given by those who have grain ground, for paying the servants in a mill, vulgarly kneeship, S.
Erskine.

Teut. knaep-schaep, servitus.

KNECHT, KNYCHT, s.
1. A common soldier.
Douglas.
2. A commander.
Douglas.

Franc. knecht, A. S. cneoht, a boy, a servant.

To KNEE, v. a.
1. To press down with the knees, Ang.
2. To bend into an angular form, Ang.
3. The wind is said to knee corn, when it breaks it down so that it strikes root by the stalk, Ang.

Isl. kny-a, adigere; hneig-ia, flectere.

KNEEF, KNEIF, adj. Active, alert, S.
Ross.