knappe
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knappe
- inflection of knap:
Verb edit
knappe
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knappe
- inflection of knapp:
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old English cnapa.
Noun edit
knappe
- Alternative form of knape
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English cnæp; derived from Proto-Germanic *knappô; related to knape.
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Noun edit
knappe (plural knappes)
- knob, bump, bud
- lump, bunch
- knot, tie
- (vulgar) testicle
- c. 1425, May no man, line 13:
- but ȝyf he haue a tent of xv enche wyt letheryn knappes
- But if he has a dick with fifteen-inch white leather balls
Descendants edit
References edit
- “knap(pe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Etymology 3 edit
Possibly onomatopoeic.
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knappe
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- English: knap
References edit
- “knap(pe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
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Adjective edit
knappe