knowe

English

Etymology 1

Noun

knowe (plural knowes)

1. (chiefly Scotland and Ulster) A small hill; a knoll.

Etymology 2

Verb

knowe

1. Obsolete spelling of know

Anagrams

• Keown, woken

Middle English

Verb

knowe

1. Alternative form of knowen

Scots

Etymology

From Old English cnoll (“summit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʌu], [knʌu]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [tnʌu]

Noun

knowe (plural knowes)

1. knoll, hillock, hillside, field head
   • 1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:

     And there I had three score o' yowes, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Skipping on yon bonie knowes, / And casting woo' to me.

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